Excretion of unchanged volatile organic compounds (toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene and mesitylene) in urine as result of experimental human volunteer exposure

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 443-449

  Janasik, Beata ^a   Jakubowski, Marek ^a   Jałowiecki, Piotr ^b  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Blood analysis; Toxicokinetics data; Urinanalysis; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

1,3,5 TRIMETHYLBENZENE; ETHYLBENZENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TOLUENE; URINALYSIS; VOLATILIZATION; XYLENES;

EID: 38049125621     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-007-0233-9     Document Type: Article

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