Environmentally significant volatile organic pollutants in human blood
| Autor: | Roberta M. O'Dell-Smith, Shelley R. Antoine, Ildefonso R. DeLeon |
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| Rok vydání: | 1986 |
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education.field_of_study Time Factors Human blood Frequency of occurrence business.industry Chemistry Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Population General Medicine Chemical industry Air Pollutants Occupational Toxicology Pollution Occupational Diseases Blood chemistry Environmental chemistry Ecotoxicology Humans Baseline concentration business education |
| Zdroj: | Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology. 36(3) |
| ISSN: | 0007-4861 |
| Popis: | Volatile organic compounds are an important category of commercial and industrial chemicals whose common and frequent usage has rendered them ubiquitous in the environment. The occurrence of these chemicals as environmental pollutants, as well as their potentially toxic nature, has prompted numerous studies aimed at determining their presence and impact on the environment and on human health. To characterize and measure environmentally significant volatile organic pollutants in various sample matrices, the authors were interested in determining whether these chemicals were present in a patient population whose medical histories suggested a high sensitivity to synthetic chemicals. A second objective was to establish baseline concentration and frequency of occurrence data for six aromatic hydrocarbons and twelve halogenated organics in a selected population. Therefore, the authors undertook to ascertain the presence of eighteen commonly used organic solvents and vapors in whole blood of environmentally sensitive patients by means of a recently developed clinical screening test known as the VOST (volatile organics screening test). |
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