Inhalation toxicokinetics of 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene in volunteers: Comparison between exposure to white spirit and 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene alone

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 199, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 65-71

  Jarnberg J ^a,b   Johanson, G ^a,b   Lof A ^a   Stahlbom B ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Toxicokinetics; Trimethylbenzene; White spirit

Indexed keywords

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; HIPPURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TOLUENE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AMBIENT AIR; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICOKINETICS;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; BREATH TESTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HIPPURATES; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOLVENTS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 0345157360     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)05482-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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