Essential Biomonitoring Methods: from The MAK-Collection for Occupational Health and Safety Book

GENERAL ASPECTS.

Preliminary remarks.

The use of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in biological monitoring.

SUBSTANCES.

Acrylonitrile (see N-2-Cyanoethylvalin, N-2 hydroxyethylvalin).

Alcohols and Ketones.

Antimony, Lead, Cadmium, Platinum, Mercury, Tellurium, Thallium, Bismuth, Tungsten, Tin (ICP-MS collective method).

Aromatic Carboxylic Acids (Phenylglyoxylic acid; Mandelic acid; Hippuric acid; o-, m-/p-Methylhippuric acids; Benzoic acid).

Arsenic.

Benzene (see t,t-Muconic acid).

Benzene and alkylbenzenes (BTX aromatics).

Beryllium - Standard Addition Procedure.

Bismuth (see Antimony).

Bitumen (vapour and aerosol) (see PAH).

Butoxyacetic acid.

Cadmium (see Antimony).

Carbon disulfide (see 2-Thioxothiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid (TTCA)).

Chloroform (see Halogenated hydrocarbons in blood).

Cobalt.

Cotinine.

N-2-Cyanoethylvaline, N-2-Hydroxyethylvaline, N-Methylvaline (see evidence of exposure to acrylonitrile, ethylene oxide as well as methylating agents).

Dimethyl sulfate (see N-2-Cyanoethylvalin, N-2 hydroxyethylvalin).

Ethanol (see Alcohols and Ketones).

Ethylbenzene (see Benzene and Alkylbenzenes).

Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether (Ethylene glycol derivatives) (see Butoxy acetic acid)..

Ethylene oxide (see N-2-Cyanoethylvalin, N-2-hydroxyethylvalin).

Halogenated hydrocarbons (dichloromethane, 1,2-dichloroethylene, 2-bromo-2-chloro-1,1,1-trifluoroethane (halothane), trichloromethane, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, tetrachloromethane, trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene).

Hexane metabolites (2,5-Hexanedione, 2-Hexanone).

Lead (see Antimony).

Mercury (see Antimony).

t,t-Muconic acid.

Organochlorine compounds in whole blood and plasma.

PAH metabolites (1-hydroxyphenanthrene, 4-hydroxyphenanthrene, 9-hydroxyphenanthrene, 1-hydroxypyrene).

Passive Smoking (see Cotinine in urine).

Platinum (see Antimony).

Styrene (see Benzene and alkylbenzenes).

Tellurium (see Antimony).

Tetrachloro ethylene (tetrachloroethene) (see Halogenated Hydrocarbons in blood).

Thallium (see Antimony).

2-Thioxothiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid (TTCA).

Tin (see Antimony).

Trichloroacetic Acid (TCA).

Trichloro ethylene (see Trichloro acetic acid in urine).

Tungsten (see Antimony).

Xylene (all isomers) (see Benzene and alkylbenzenez).

Contents of Volume 1-10.