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JOURNAL OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Volume 46, Issue 3, Pages 175-180Publisher
JAPAN SOC OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
DOI: 10.1539/joh.46.175
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GC/MS analysis; mixed exposure; aromatic hydrocarbons; urinary metabolites
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A method for the qualitative analysis of aromatic hydrocarbons in air and their various urinary metabolites is presented. The air was sampled in charcoal tubes and extracted with carbon disulfide. The hydrocarbons were identified as being aliphatic hydrocarbons (C-9-C-19), aromatic hydrocarbons and heterocyclic compounds. The urinary metabolites after enzymatic hydrolysis were analyzed by solid-phase extraction with a styrene-divinylbenzene resin, silylation with N,O-bis(trimethylsilyl)acetamide and GC/MS for separation and detection. Satisfactory separation of all compounds investigated was achieved without interference due to matrix peaks. The following compounds were identified in the urine of workers: dimethylphenol isomers, 4-ethyl-1,3-benzenediol, 2-ethoxybenzoic acid and methoxyphenols. Trimethylsilyl derivatives of aromatic hydroxyacids and hydroxymethoxyacids were found in the urine of occupationally exposed workers by means of a silylation procedure.
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