Biological monitoring of blood naphthalene levels as a marker of occupational exposure to PAHs among auto-mechanics and spray painters in rawalpindi

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kamal, Atif ^a   Qayyum, Mazhar ^a   Cheema, Iqbal U ^a   Rashid, Audil ^a  

^a PMAS ARID AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; NAPHTHALENE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; PAINT; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ADULT; AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAR; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAKISTAN; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AEROSOLS; AUTOMOBILES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; MALE; NAPHTHALENES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINT; PAKISTAN; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958245985     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-467     Document Type: Article

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