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Biomonitoring and evaluation of permethrin uptake in forestry workers using permethrin-treated tick-proof pants
We conducted a randomized case–control trial to analyze uptake of the insecticide/arcaricide permethrin in wearers of permethrin-impregnated and non-impregnated pants in German forestry. Eighty-two male worker...
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Saliva as a matrix for human biomonitoring in occupational and environmental medicine
Human biomonitoring (HBM) implies the assessment of internal exposure to hazardous substances by measuring the substances, their metabolites or reaction products, as well as effect parameters in human body fl...
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Open AccessSirtuin1 single nucleotide polymorphism (A2191G) is a diagnostic marker for vibration-induced white finger disease
Vibration-induced white finger disease (VWF), also known as hand-arm vibration syndrome, is a secondary form of Raynaud’s disease, affecting the blood vessels and nerves. So far, little is known about the path...
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Comparison of experimentally determined and mathematically predicted percutaneous penetration rates of chemicals
The aim of the study was to evaluate the predictive potential of three different mathematical models for the percutaneous penetration of industrial solvents with respect to our experimental data. Percutaneous ...
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Occupational exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and DNA damage by industry: a nationwide study in Germany
Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and DNA damage were analyzed in coke oven (n = 37), refractory (n = 96), graphite electrode (n = 26), and converter workers (n = 12), whereas construction worker...
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Biological monitoring of occupational exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) by determination of monohydroxylated metabolites of phenanthrene and pyrene in urine
The aim of our study was to assess individual polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) exposure of workers coming from three different industrial branches by several parameters of external and internal exposure. ...