Current external and internal exposure to naphthalene of workers occupationally exposed to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in different industries
✍ Scribed by Ralf Preuss; Hans Drexler; Melanie Böttcher; Michael Wilhelm; Thomas Brüning; Jürgen Angerer
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 325 KB
- Volume
- 78
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-0131
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES
To evaluate a possible immunotoxic effect of chronic exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), several immune parameters were investigated in two groups of coke-oven workers. Exposure levels were different for both groups, one group being employed in a new coking facility of sophisticated
## Abstract Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) are ubiquitous occupational and environmental pollutants and the urinary excretion of 1‐hydroxypyrene (1‐OHP) is classically measured for the determination of PAH exposure internal dose. Some of PAH are tumorigenic due to their metabolites ability