Comparison between exhaled breath condensate analysis as a marker for cobalt and tungsten exposure and biomonitoring in workers of a hard metal alloy processing plant

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 565-573

  Broding, Horst Christoph ^a   Michalke, Bernhard ^b   Göen, Thomas ^a   Drexler, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cobalt; Exhalation; Exhaled breath condensate; Occupational exposure; Tungsten

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; COBALT; TUNGSTEN;

ADULT; AIR MONITORING; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPIRED AIR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; SPIROMETRY; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; AIR; ALLOYS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BREATH TESTS; COBALT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHALATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63349099571     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-008-0390-5     Document Type: Article

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