| Document ID (ISN) | 20146 |
| CIS number |
74-146 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0020-5923 - Internationales Archiv für Arbeitsmedizin - International Archives of Occupational Health |
| Year |
1973 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Szadkowski D., Pett R., Angerer J., Manz A., Lehnert G. |
| Title |
Chronic occupational exposure to solvents - II. Toluene level in blood and excretion rates of metabolites in urine as criteria for the exposure of photogravure printers |
| Original title |
Chronische Lösungsmittelbelastung am Arbeitsplatz - II. Schadstoffspiegel im Blut und Metabolitenelimination im Harn in ihrer Bedeutung als Überwachungskriterien bei toluolexponierten Tiefdruckern [in German] |
| Bibliographic information |
31 Aug. 1973, Vol.31, No.4, p.265-276. Illus. 23 ref. |
| Abstract |
The relationship between toluene blood level and hippuric acid excretion was investigated in 94 photogravure printers with toluene exposure. Toluene in air and blood was determined by gas chromatography (see part I, CIS 2697-1973, Dafb Dafc Qif Qnl), and hippuric acid by spectroscopy. The results show good correlation between toluene concentrations in air and blood, whereas the excretion rates of hippuric acid showed no dependence on the concentrations of toluene in air or in blood. Phenol levels in the urine were closely related to the excretion of hippuric acid. The authors doubt the value of determining phenol excretion in urine for the supervision of workers exposed simultaneously to benzene and toluene. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
toluene; determination in blood; photogravure printing; determination in urine; exposure tests |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
survey; metabolic process |
| Document type |
- |
| Subject(s) |
Toxic and dangerous substances
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Printing, photography and photocopying industry
Biological monitoring
Aromatic hydrocarbons
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