Biological monitoring of carbon disulphide and phthalate exposure in the contemporary rubber industry

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 663-669

  Vermeulen, Roe ^a,b   Jönsson, Bo A ^b   Lindh, Christian H ^c   Kromhout, Hans ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Carbon disulphide; Phthalates; Rubber industry

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CARBON DISULFIDE; CREATININE; DISULFIRAM; DITHIOCARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID; PLASTICIZER;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; METABOLITE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RUBBER INDUSTRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS; WORKING TIME;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CARBON DISULFIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHTHALIC ACIDS; REFERENCE VALUES; RUBBER; THIAZOLES; THIAZOLIDINES;

EID: 27844477253     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-005-0017-z     Document Type: Article

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