Validation of urine density correction in cases of hippuric acid and un-metabolized toluene in urine of workers exposed to toluene

Industrial Health

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 154-163

  Kawai, Toshio ^a   Eitaki, Yoko ^a   Ukai, Hirohiko ^b   Inoue, Osamu ^c   Maeshima, Yuki ^d   Ueda, Naohiro ^a   Ohashi, Fumiko ^b   Sakurai, Haruhiko ^a   Ikeda, Masayuki ^b  

^a JAPAN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

^b KYOTO INDUSTRIAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Creatinine; Hippuric acid; Specific gravity; Toluene; Urine density correction

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HIPPURIC ACID; HIPPURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TOLUENE;

AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RELATIVE DENSITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; URINALYSIS; URINE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CREATININE; HIPPURATES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; TOLUENE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 77952027286     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.48.154     Document Type: Article

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