Urinary methoxyacetic acid as an indicator of occupational exposure to ethylene glycol dimethyl ether

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 650-654

  Yokota, Kozo ^a   Ikeda, Naoko ^a   Johyama, Yasushi ^a   Michitsuji, Hiromi ^a   Yamada, Seiji ^a  

^a Matsushita Sci Ctr of Indust Hyg   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Ethylene glycol dimethyl ether; Glycol ethers; Methoxyacetic acid

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATININE; DIMETHYL ETHER; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; METHOXYACETIC ACID; ORGANIC SOLVENT;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUMP; SHIFT WORKER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUBE; URINALYSIS;

ACETIC ACIDS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHYL ETHERS; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INDUSTRY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 27844450523     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-005-0014-2     Document Type: Article

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