Comparing urinary biomarkers of airborne and dermal exposure to polycyclic aromatic compounds in asphalt-exposed workers

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 561-571

  Sobus, Jon R ^a   McClean, Michael D ^b   Herrick, Robert F ^c   Waidyanatha, Suramya ^a   Nylander French, Leena A ^a   Kupper, Lawrence L ^d   Rappaport, Stephen M ^e  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d IL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asphalt; Biomarker; PAC; PAH; Urine

Indexed keywords

1-HYDROXYPYRENE; ANALYTES; BODY MASS INDEX; CREATININE CONCENTRATION; DERMAL CONTACTS; DERMAL EXPOSURE; DERMAL PATCH; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; HOT MIX ASPHALT; PAC; PAH; PAH EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; SAMPLE COLLECTION; URINARY BIOMARKERS; URINE; URINE LEVELS; URINE SAMPLE; VARIANCE COMPONENTS; WORK SHIFTS;

ANTHRACENE; ASPHALT; BIOMARKERS; BODY FLUIDS; HOT WORKING; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; ROADS AND STREETS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

1 HYDROXYPYRENE; ASPHALT; CREATININE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIR; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BODY MASS; BREATHING; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; FIELD EMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLITE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIFT WORKER; SMOKING; URINALYSIS; URINE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SKIN ABSORPTION; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 69149084340     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mep042     Document Type: Article

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