Exposure to glycol ethers in a population of French men evaluated by measurement of urinary alkoxycarboxylic acids

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 368-372

  Ben Brik, E ^a   Jerome L ^b   Arnaud, I ^c   Yous, S ^d   Labat, L ^b   Haguenoer, J M ^b   Multigner, Luc ^c  

^a AP HP   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d Institut de Chimie Pharmaceutique   (France)

Author keywords

Alkoxycarboxylic acids; Biological monitoring; France; Glycol ethers; Urine

Indexed keywords

2 METHOXYPROPIONIC ACID; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALKOXYCARBOXYLIC ACID; ALKOXYPROPIONIC ACID; BUTOXYACETIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CREATINE; ETHOXYACETIC ACID; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DERIVATIVE; GLYCOL ETHER DERIVATIVE; METHOXYACETIC ACID; PHENOXYACETIC ACID; PROPANEDIOL DERIVATIVE; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PROPOXYACETIC ACID; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; FRANCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 4344682026     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-004-0523-4     Document Type: Article

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