Professional paper
Our experience in biological monitoring of exposure to some organic solvents
Ljiljana Skender
; Institut za medicinska istraživanja i medicinu rada, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
The paper describes our experience in the application of biological monitoring of occupational exposure to benzene, toluene, xylene, styrene, trichloroethylene and tatrachloroethylene. The importance of adequate selection of indicator, matrix and sampling time is pointed out. Own results are compared with the existing biological exposure indices. The need for actual and strict application of biological exposure indices is emphasized tram the point of view of workers' healh protection.
Keywords
benzene; biological exposure indices; biological markers; xylene; occupational exposure; styrene; telrachloroethylene; toluene; trichloroethylene
Hrčak ID:
146975
URI
Publication date:
6.10.1994.
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