Investigation of PAH biomarkers in the urine of workers exposed to hot asphalt

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 551-560

  Sobus, Jon R ^a   McClean, Michael D ^b   Herrick, Robert F ^c   Waidyanatha, Suramya ^a   Onyemauwa, Frank ^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; Exposure; PAH; Urine

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE EMISSIONS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE SOURCES; HALF LIVES; LINEAR MIXED-EFFECTS MODEL; PAH; PAIRWISE CORRELATION; REFERENCE GROUP; REGRESSION COEFFICIENT; URINARY BIOMARKERS; URINE; URINE SAMPLE; WORK ASSIGNMENTS; WORK-RELATED;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ASPHALT; BODY FLUIDS; NAPHTHALENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; ROADS AND STREETS;

BIOMARKERS;

ASPHALT; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLITE; OPERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; URINE; WORKLOAD;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC;

EID: 69149100028     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mep041     Document Type: Article

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