Biomarkers of toluene exposure in rats: Mercapturic acids versus traditional indicators (urinary hippuric acid and o-cresol and blood toluene)

Xenobiotica

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 651-660

  Cosnier, Frédéric ^a   Cossec, Benoît ^a   Burgart, Manuella ^a   Nunge, Hervé ^a   Brochard, Céline ^a   Décret, Marie Josèphe ^a   Rémy, Aurélie ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Hippuric acid; Inhalation; Mercapturic acids; ortho cresol; Toluene

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; HIPPURIC ACID; ORTHO CRESOL; TOLUENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG URINE LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AIR POLLUTION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CRESOLS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HIPPURATES; HUMANS; ISOMERISM; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOLUENE;

RATTUS;

EID: 84879909786     PISSN: 00498254     EISSN: 13665928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00498254.2012.754114     Document Type: Article

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