Determination of exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in some work groups in Turkey by measurement of 1-hydroxypyrene levels in urine

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 242-248

  Ates I ^a   Yilmazer Musa, M ^b   Yucesoy B ^a   Karakaya, A ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 HYDROXYPYRENE; ARYLSULFATASE; ASPHALT; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COKE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYDROLYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COKE; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; HUMANS; INCINERATION; MIDDLE AGED; MUTAGENS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; PYRENES; URINALYSIS;

EID: 4644359950     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-004-0419-8     Document Type: Article

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