Dermal and pulmonary absorption of propan-1-ol and propan-2-ol from hand rubs

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 250-257

  Below, Harald ^a   Partecke, Ivo ^a   Huebner, Nils Olaf ^a   Bieber, Nora ^a   Nicolai, Thomas ^a   Usche, Alexander ^a   Assadian, Ojan ^a   Below, Elke ^a   Kampf, Günter ^a,b   Parzefall, Wolfram ^c   Heidecke, Claus Dieter ^a   Zuba, Dariusz ^d   Bessonneau, Vincent ^e   Kohlmann, Thomas ^a   Kramer, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b Bode Chemie GmbH   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC RESEARCH   (Poland)

^e French School of Public Health   (France)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Blood level; Hand hygiene; Metabolites; Risk assessment; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; PROPANOL;

ADULT; ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GAS MASK; HUMAN; HYGIENE; HYGIENE PRODUCT; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICOLOGY;

1-PROPANOL; 2-PROPANOL; ABSORPTION; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISINFECTANTS; FEMALE; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84858792423     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.03.009     Document Type: Article

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