Health care worker exposures to the antibacterial agent triclosan

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 834-839

  MacIsaac, Julia K ^a,c   Gerona, Roy R ^b   Blanc, Paul D ^a   Apatira, Latifat ^d   Friesen, Matthew W ^b   Coppolino, Michael ^d   Janssen, Sarah ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Natural Resources Defense Council   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; SOAP; TOOTHPASTE; TRICLOSAN; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT CARE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; URINALYSIS; BODY BURDEN; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN ABSORPTION; URINE;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BODY BURDEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SKIN ABSORPTION; SOAPS; TOOTHPASTES; TRICLOSAN;

EID: 84905909944     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000183     Document Type: Article

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