Dose-dependent production of urinary naphthols among workers exposed to jet fuel (JP-8)

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 234-244

  Serdar, Berrin ^a   Egeghy, Peter P ^a   Gibson, Roger ^b   Rappaport, Stephen M ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b Off Assistant Sec Def Hlth Aff   (United States)

Author keywords

1 naphthol; 2 naphthol; Biomarker; Jet fuel exposure; JP 8; Naphthalene metabolism; Urine

Indexed keywords

1 NAPHTHOL; 2 NAPHTHOL; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; FUEL; NAPHTHALENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AIR FORCE; AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DOSE RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; JET FUEL; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERSONNEL; SKIN ABSORPTION; URINALYSIS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIRCRAFT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NAPHTHALENES; NAPHTHOLS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 4444340013     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20049     Document Type: Article

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