Biological monitoring as a useful tool for the detection of a coal-tar contamination in bitumen-exposed workers

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 71, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 746-750

  Raulf Heimsoth, Monika ^a   Angerer, Jürgen ^b   Pesch, Beate ^a   Marczynski, Boleslaw ^a   Hahn, Jens Uwe ^c   Spickenheuer, Anne ^a   Preuss, Ralf ^b   Rühl, Reinhold ^d   Rode, Peter ^e   Brüning, Thomas ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT FÜR ARBEITSSCHUTZ DER DEUTSCHEN GESETZLICHEN UNFALLVERSICHERUNG IFA   (Germany)

^d BG BAU   (Germany)

^e Beratungsstelle für Gussasphaltanwendung e V BGA   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1 HYDROXYPYRENE; 1,2 DIHYDROXYPHENANTHRENE; 3 HYDROXYPHENANTHRENE; 4 HYDROXYPHENANTHRENE; 9 PHENANTHROL; ASPHALT; COAL TAR; CREATININE; PHENANTHRENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; HYDROCARBON;

ADULT; AEROSOL; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFERENCE PAPER; FUME; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; METABOLITE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIFT WORKER; SMOKING; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; WORKPLACE; ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUE; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 46749108870     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390801985315     Document Type: Conference Paper

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