Reference values for ethylenethiourea in urine in Northern Italy: Results of a pilot study

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 162, Issue 2-3 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 153-157

  Colosio, Claudio ^a   Visentin, Sara ^a   Birindelli, Sarah ^a   Campo, Laura ^a   Fustinoni, Silvia ^b   Mariani, Franco ^a   Tiramani, Manuela ^a   Tommasini, Michele ^c   Brambilla, Gabri ^d   Maroni, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^c Azienda Provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diet; Ethylene bis dithiocarbamates; Reference values; Urinary ethylenethiourea

Indexed keywords

2 IMIDAZOLIDINETHIONE; CREATININE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ITALY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHYLENEBIS(DITHIOCARBAMATES); ETHYLENETHIOUREA; FEMALE; FUNGICIDES, INDUSTRIAL; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PILOT PROJECTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SMOKING;

EID: 32644434227     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2005.09.031     Document Type: Article

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