Improvement in the GC-MS method for determining urinary toluene-diamine and its application to the biological monitoring of workers exposed to toluene-diisocyanate

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 459-466

  Sakai, Tadashi ^a   Morita, Yoko ^a   Roh, Jaehoon ^b   Kim, Hyoungryoul ^c   Kim, Yangho ^c  

^a TOKYO ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Ulsan University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Personal exposure; Toluene diamine; Toluene diisocyanate; Urine

Indexed keywords

2,4 DIAMINOTOLUENE; 2,6 DIAMINOTOLUENE; ACID; ACID ANHYDRIDE; CREATININE; DICHLOROMETHANE; TOLUENE DIISOCYANATE; WATER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; DILUTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROLYSIS; ISOMER; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RELATIVE DENSITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHIFT WORKER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATININE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHENYLENEDIAMINES; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; TOLUENE 2,4-DIISOCYANATE;

EID: 22744436485     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-004-0571-9     Document Type: Article

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