A new monitoring method using solid sorbent media for evaluation of airborne cyclophosphamide and other antineoplastic agents

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 120-131

  Larson, Rodney R ^a   Khazaeli, M B ^b   Kenneth Dillon, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b and Clinical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

5 Fluorouracil; Air Monitoring Methods; Antineoplastics; Cyclophosphamide; Doxorubicin HCl; HPLC; Ifosfamide; Paclitaxel; Taxol

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADRICIL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; IFOSFAMIDE; PACLITAXEL; POLYMETHACRYLIC ACID; SORBENT;

ACCURACY; ADSORPTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AIRFLOW; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DESORPTION; EVALUATION; FILTER; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; TUBE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0345505703     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220301435     Document Type: Article

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