Dermal exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in asphalt workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 456-463

  Fustinoni, Silvia ^a   Campo, Laura ^a   Cirla, Piero E ^a   Martinotti, Irene ^a   Buratti, Marina ^a   Longhi, Omar ^a   Foà, Vito ^a   Bertazzi, PierAlberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYPROPYLENE;

AIRBORNE INFECTION; ANKLE; ARM; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLITE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NECK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER; SKIN; URINE LEVEL; WORKER; WRIST;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BENZO(A)PYRENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHENANTHRENES; SKIN ABSORPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954645118     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.050344     Document Type: Article

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