Urinary biomarkers of exposure to glycol ethers and chlorinated solvents during pregnancy: determinants of exposure and comparison with indirect methods of exposure assessment.

Abstract

Metabolites of glycol ethers and chlorinated solvents were present at low levels in the urine of pregnant women.

Most metabolites were associated with occupational exposure.

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Subjects

• Adult
• Biological Markers
• Carboxylic Acids
• Cohort Studies
• Ethylene Chlorohydrin
• Female
• Humans
• Maternal Exposure
• Occupational Exposure
• Pregnancy
• Questionnaires
• Solvents
• Trichloroacetic Acid

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Authors

• Ronan Garlantézec
• Luc Multigner
• Laurence Labat
• Nathalie Bonvallot
• Juha Pulkkinen
• Brigitte Dananché
• Christine Monfort
• Florence Rouget
• Sylvaine Cordier

Publication date

2011-12-14

Journal

Journal topics

• Environmental Exposure
• Environmental Health
• Occupational Diseases
• Occupational Health

Language

Eng.

Copyright

Occupational and environmental medicine

Inserm U625, GERHM, Univ Rennes I, Campus de Beaulieu, Rennes F-35042, France. ronan.garlantezec [at] chu-brest.fr

Release reference

Occup Environ Med. 2012 Jan;69(1):62-70

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