Monitoring of occupational exposure to volatile organohalogen solvents (VOXs) in human urine samples of dry-cleaner workers by TLHS-DAIGC-ECD procedure

Industrial Health

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 126-132

  Rutkiewicz, Irena ^a   Jakubowska, Natalia ^a   Polkowska, Zaneta ^a   Namieśnik, Jacek ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Human urine samples; Occupational exposure; Thin layer headspace; Volatile organohalogen compounds

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; SOLVENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAUNDRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STATISTICS; URINE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LAUNDERING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOLVENTS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951562633     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.MS1137     Document Type: Article

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