Benzene and toluene concentrations in a hemodialysis room in a medium sized South Korean city

Korean Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 111-115

  Kang, Moon Soo ^a   Hong, Joong Rock ^a   Gil, Hyo Wook ^a   Yang, Jong Oh ^a   Lee, Eun Young ^a   Hong, Sae Yong ^a   Jun, Yong Taek ^a   Son, Bu Soon ^a  

^a Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Benzene; Hemodialysis; Toluene

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR MONITOR; AIR MONITORING; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOUTH KOREA; WARD;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BENZENE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL DIALYSIS; SAFETY; TOLUENE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 52649120888     PISSN: 12263303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3904/kjim.2008.23.3.111     Document Type: Article

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