Assessing urinary levoglucosan and methoxyphenols as biomarkers for use in woodsmoke exposure studies

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 402, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 139-146

  Hinwood, Andrea L ^a   Trout, Masooma ^b   Murby, John ^b   Barton, Caroline ^a   Symons, Bob ^b  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL MEASUREMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Levoglucosan; Methoxyphenol; Particulates; Woodsmoke

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SMOKE;

LEVOGLUCOSAN; METHOXYPHENOL; WOODSMOKE;

PHENOLS;

GUAIACOL; LEVOGLUCOSAN; LIGNIN;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOMARKER; BIOMASS BURNING; HEALTH IMPACT; PHENOL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKE; URINE; WILDFIRE; WOOD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKE; TRAINING; URINALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT; WOOD;

ADULT; AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATININE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FIRES; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARTICLE SIZE; PHENOLS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKE; TIME FACTORS; WOOD;

EID: 46549084417     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.04.012     Document Type: Article

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