Higher blood concentrations of synthetic musks in women above fifty years than in younger women

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 124-130

  Hutter, H P ^a   Wallner, P ^b   Hartl, W ^c   Uhl, M ^c   Lorbeer, G ^c   Gminski, R ^d   Mersch Sundermann, V ^d   Kundi, M ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Medicine and Environmental Protection   (Austria)

^c ENVIRONMENT AGENCY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human blood; Nitro musks; Polycyclic musks; Synthetic musks

Indexed keywords

BENZOPYRAN DERIVATIVE; GALAXOLIDE; HYDROCARBON; MUSK XYLENE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; PERFUME; XYLENE;

AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BENZOPYRANS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CYCLIC; MIDDLE AGED; NITRO COMPOUNDS; PERFUME; XYLENES;

EID: 77649235655     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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