TY - JOUR
T1 - Biological monitoring of workers exposed to acetone in acetate fibre plants
AU - Fujino, A.
AU - Satoh, T.
AU - Takebayashi, T.
AU - Nakashima, H.
AU - Sakurai, H.
AU - Higashi, T.
AU - Matumura, H.
AU - Minaguchi, H.
AU - Kawai, T.
PY - 1992
Y1 - 1992
N2 - Concentrations of acetone in urine, alveolar air, and blood were measured by gas chromatography with flame ionisation detection for 110 subjects occupationally exposed to acetone (mean 372 ppm) in three factories. Significant relations were found between the time weighted average environmental concentration and the concentration in the biological samples. The strongest correlation was between the concentration of acetone in urine and the degree of exposure (r = 0.71, 95% CI 0.64-0.77). This suggests that urinary acetone concentration is the best biological index of occupational exposure to acetone.
AB - Concentrations of acetone in urine, alveolar air, and blood were measured by gas chromatography with flame ionisation detection for 110 subjects occupationally exposed to acetone (mean 372 ppm) in three factories. Significant relations were found between the time weighted average environmental concentration and the concentration in the biological samples. The strongest correlation was between the concentration of acetone in urine and the degree of exposure (r = 0.71, 95% CI 0.64-0.77). This suggests that urinary acetone concentration is the best biological index of occupational exposure to acetone.
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U2 - 10.1136/oem.49.9.654
DO - 10.1136/oem.49.9.654
M3 - Article
C2 - 1390272
AN - SCOPUS:0026657995
SN - 0007-1072
VL - 49
SP - 654
EP - 657
JO - British Journal of Industrial Medicine
JF - British Journal of Industrial Medicine
IS - 9
ER -
