Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Concentrations of phenol, 0-cresol, and 2,5-xylenol in the urine of workers employed in the distillation of the phenolic fraction of tar

MAP20071021008

Concentrations of phenol, 0-cresol, and 2,5-xylenol in the urine of workers employed in the distillation of the phenolic fraction of tar / Grazyna Bieniek

Sumario: Phenol is a normal constitutent of human urine and concentrations above the physiological level have been found in the urine of people that have contact with benzene or phenol. The investigation was carried out on 106 male workers employed in the distillation of the high temperature phenolic fraction of tar and exposed mainly to phenol, cresols, xylenols, and other phenolic derivatives. Control urine specimens were collected from 26 male subjects not exposed professionally to phenol, cresols, or xylenols. All men were smokers

En: Occupational and environmental medicine. - London and Margate. - nº 5, May 1994 ; p. 354-356

1. Medicina laboral . 2. Enfermedades profesionales . 3. Destilación . 4. Fenol . 5. Sustancias químicas . 6. Toxicología . 7. Alquitrán mineral . 8. Epidemiología . 9. Orina . I. Título. II. Título: Occupational and environmental medicine.