Comparison of exposure assessment methods in occupational exposure to benzene in gasoline filling-station attendants

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 162, Issue 2-3 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 146-152

  Carrieri, Mariella ^a   Bonfiglio, Enrico ^a   Scapellato, Maria Luisa ^a   Maccà, Isabella ^a   Tranfo, Giovanna ^b   Faranda, Paolo ^b   Paci, Enrico ^b   Bartolucci, Giovanni Battista ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b ISPESL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benzene; Biological exposure indices; Environmental monitoring; Gasoline filling stations; Occupational exposure; S Phenylmercapturic acid (S PMA); trans,trans Muconic acid (t,t MA)

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE DERIVATIVE; BENZENE; GASOLINE; MUCONIC ACID;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; LIFESTYLE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; URINALYSIS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GASOLINE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; SORBIC ACID;

EID: 32644446291     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2005.09.036     Document Type: Article

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