Benzyl alcohol as a marker of occupational exposure to toluene

Industrial Health

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 143-150

  Kawai, Toshio ^a   Yamauchi, Tsuneyuki ^a   Miyama, Yuriko ^a   Sakurai, Haruhiko ^a   Ukai, Hirohiko ^b   Takada, Shiro ^b   Ohashi, Fumiko ^b   Ikeda, Masayuki ^b  

^a JAPAN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

^b KYOTO INDUSTRIAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Benzyl alcohol; Biological monitoring; Occupational exposure; Toluene; Urinalysis

Indexed keywords

BENZOIC ACID; BENZYL ALCOHOL; SOLVENT; TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LINEAR SYSTEM; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; METABOLITE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; URINALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

BENZYL ALCOHOL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; JAPAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TOLUENE;

EID: 33846890436     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.45.143     Document Type: Article

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