Penetration of benzene, toluene and xylenes contained in gasolines through human abdominal skin in vitro

Toxicology in Vitro

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1321-1330

  Adami, G ^a   Larese, F ^a   Venier, M ^b   Barbieri, P ^a   Lo Coco, F ^c   Reisenhofer, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b School of Public and Environmental Affairs   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benzene; Gasoline; Human skin; MDGC; Occupational health; Percutaneous absorption; SPME HSGC; Toluene; Xylenes

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; GASOLINE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PERMEABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN PENETRATION; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST;

ABDOMEN; BENZENE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DIFFUSION CHAMBERS, CULTURE; GASOLINE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERMEABILITY; SKIN ABSORPTION; SOLVENTS; TOLUENE; XYLENES;

EID: 33749554845     PISSN: 08872333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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