Urinary biomarkers and low-level environmental benzene concentration: Assessing occupational and general exposure

Chemosphere

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 64-69

  Barbieri, Anna ^a   Violante, Francesco Saverio ^a   Sabatini, Laura ^a   Graziosi, Francesca ^a   Mattioli, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; S Phenylmercapturic acid; Smoking habit; Unmetabolized benzene

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; BIOMARKERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LIQUID FUELS; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS;

BENZENE CONCENTRATIONS; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOMONITORING; BODY MASS INDICES; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENTS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MEAN VALUES; S-PHENYLMERCAPTURIC ACID; UNMETABOLIZED BENZENE; URINARY BENZENES; URINARY BIOMARKERS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

BENZENE;

ACETYLCYSTEINE DERIVATIVE; BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GASOLINE; N ACETYL S PHENYLCYSTEINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BENZENE; BIOMARKER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SMOKING; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POLLUTION; URINE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; SMOKING; URBAN AREA; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; SMOKING;

EID: 55649100958     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.09.011     Document Type: Article

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