Urban air and tobacco smoke in benzene exposure in a cohort of traffic policemen

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 153-154, Issue , 2005, Pages 239-242

  Bono, Roberto ^a   Traversi, Deborah ^a   Maestri, Luciano ^b   Schilirò, Tiziana ^a   Ghittori, Sergio ^b   Baiocchi, Claudio ^a   Gilli, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benzene; Biomarkers; Traffic policemen; Urinary S phenylmercapturic acid

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE DERIVATIVE; BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC; URBAN AREA; URINALYSIS;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BENZENE; CITIES; COTININE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; SMOKE; SMOKING; TOBACCO; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 20444413837     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2005.03.028     Document Type: Article

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