Correlation between environmental and biological monitoring of exposure to benzene in petrochemical industry operators

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-21

  Carrieri, Mariella ^a   Tranfo, Giovanna ^b   Pigini, Daniela ^b   Paci, Enrico ^b   Salamon, Fabiola ^a   Scapellato, Maria L ^a   Fracasso, Maria E ^c   Manno, Maurizio ^d   Bartolucci, Giovanni B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b ISPESL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benzene exposure; Occupational exposure; S phenylmercapturic acid; t,t Muconic acid

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MUCONIC ACID; PHENYLMERCAPTURIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; AIR SAMPLER; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROLYSIS; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATOR; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROLEUM; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SORBIC ACID; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 72949102589     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2009.07.015     Document Type: Article

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