Influence of non-occupational sources on the levels of biomarkers of internal dose for use in biological monitoring of occupational exposure to extremely low concentrations of benzene;Ruolo dei fattori non occupazionali nel condizionare i livelli di indicatori di dose interna utilizzati per monitorare I'esposizione occupazionale a concentrazioni molto molto basse di benzene

Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-58

  Lovreglio, P ^a   Cancanelli, G ^b   Barbieri, A ^c   Sabatini, L ^c   D'Errico, M N ^a   Scicolone, L ^d   Ghitti, R ^d   Violante, F S ^c   Apostoli, P ^d   Soleo, L ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b ENI S P A   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^e POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

(SPMA); Biological monitoring; Environmental benzene; S phenylmercapturic acid; T t muconic acid (t t MA); Urinary benzene

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MUCONIC ACID; N ACETYL S PHENYLCYSTEINE; S-PHENYL-N-ACETYLCYSTEINE; SORBIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; URINE;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SORBIC ACID;

EID: 77952605386     PISSN: 15927830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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