Urinary profiles to assess polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons exposure in coke-oven workers

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 72-78

  Campo, Laura ^a   Rossella, Federica ^a   Pavanello, Sofia ^b   Mielzynska, Danuta ^c   Siwinska, Ewa ^d   Kapka, Lucyna ^e   Bertazzi, Pier Alberto ^a   Fustinoni, Silvia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ECOLOGY OF INDUSTRIAL AREAS   (Poland)

^d INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Poland)

^e INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Coke oven workers; PAH; Urine

Indexed keywords

1 HYDROXYNAPHTHALENE; 1 HYDROXYPHENANTHRENE; 1 HYDROXYPYRENE; 2 FLUORENOL; 2 HYDROXYPHENANTHRENE; 2 NAPHTHOL; 3 HYDROXYBENZO[A]PYRENE; 3 HYDROXYPHENANTHRENE; 4 HYDROXYPHENANTHRENE; 6 HYDROXYCHRYSENE; 9 FLUORENOL; 9 PHENANTHROL; ACENAPHTENE; ACENAPHTYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[B]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CHRYSENE; CREATININE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYDROXYLATION; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; METABOLITE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COKE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73049093965     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2008.12.018     Document Type: Article

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