Library

X
feed icon rss

Your email was sent successfully. Check your inbox.

An error occurred while sending the email. Please try again.

Proceed reservation?

Export
Filter
  • Chemistry  (4)
  • Urinalysis  (4)
  • Amino acids  (3)
  • Lead  (3)
  • 1
    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    Reduced cadmium and lead burden in Japan in the past 10 years (1996)
    Springer
    International archives of occupational and environmental health 68 (1996), S. 305-314 
    Details
    ISSN: 1432-1246
    Keywords: Key words Blood level ; Cadmium ; Dietary intake Japan ; Lead
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract  Objective To investigate the current levels of exposure of the Japanese population to cadmium and lead, in comparison with the levels in 1980s. ⋅ Design A nation wide survey was conducted in 1991–1994 (the 1990 study) in 19 study sites in Japan as a follow-up to a study conducted in 1979–1983 (the 1980 study). Blood samples and 24-h total food duplicates were collected from women who did not smoke or drink habitually. Methods Blood and food duplicates (after homogenization) were analysed for cadmium (Cd-B and Cd-F, respectively) and lead (Pb-B and Pb-F) by graphite furnace atomic absorption after wet-ashing. ⋅ Results Altogether, 467 women volunteered for blood sampling. Of these women, 375 also gave food duplicates. Geometric mean (GM) Cd-B levels in the 1990 study were lower than the corresponding 1980 values in most study sites so that the 1990 grand GM (1.98 ng/ml) for Cd-B was significantly lower than the 1980 GM (3.58 ng/ml). This reduction in Cd-B was related to the reduction in Cd-F (GM for Cd-F was 38.0 μg/day in the 1980 study and 30.0 μg/day in the 1990 study). Dietary intake was almost exclusively the route of Cd burden among the populations studied. Both Pb-B and Pb-F also showed a remarkable reduction, i.e. from 33.9 ng/ml (1980 GM) to 23.2 ng/ml (1990 GM) in the case of Pb-B, and from 32.2 μg/day (1980 GM) to 7.1 μg/day (1990 GM) in the case of Pb-F. Pb-B, however, did not correlate with Pb-F either in the 1980 or the 1990 study, because Pb intake via inhalation of air remained significant when compared with dietary intake. ⋅ Conclusion The Cd burden in Japan has decreased markedly in the past 10 years, although it is still higher than in other countries. The Pb burden has been quite low.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004200050065
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
    Paper (German National Licenses)
    Fulltext
  • 2
    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    Toluene itself as the best urinary marker of toluene exposure (1996)
    Springer
    International archives of occupational and environmental health 68 (1996), S. 289-297 
    Details
    ISSN: 1432-1246
    Keywords: Key words o-Cresol ; Exposure marker ; Hippuric acid ; Toluene ; Urinalysis
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract  Head-space gas chromatography (GC) and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) (with fluorescence detectors) methods were developed for toluene (TOL-U) and o-cresol (CR-U) in urine, respectively. In order to identify the most sensitive urinary indicator of occupational exposure to toluene vapor (TOL-A) among TOL-U, CR-U, and hippuric acid in urine (HA-U), the two methods together with an HPLC (with untraviolet detectors) method for determination of HA-U were applied in the analysis of end-of-shift urine samples from 115 solvent-exposed workers (exposed to toluene at 4 ppm as geometric mean). Regression analysis showed that TOL-U correlated with TOL-A with a significantly higher correlation coefficient than did HA-U or CR-U. With regard to the TOL-A concentrations at which the exposed subjects could be separated from the nonexposed by the analyte, TOL-U achieved separation at 〈10 ppm TOL-A, whereas both HA-U and CR-U did so only when TOL-A was 30 ppm or even higher. The ratio of the analyte concentrations at 50 ppm TOL-A to those at 0 ppm TOL-A was also highest for TOL-U. Overall, the results suggest that TOL-U is a better marker of exposure to toluene vapor than HA-U or CR-U.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004200050063
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
    Paper (German National Licenses)
    Fulltext
  • 3
    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    Correlation between urine and blood concentrations, and dietary intake of cadmium and lead among women in the general population of Japan (2000)
    Springer
    International archives of occupational and environmental health 73 (2000), S. 163-170 
    Details
    ISSN: 1432-1246
    Keywords: Key words Biological exposure monitoring ; Blood ; Cadmium ; Environmental exposure ; Food ; Lead ; Urine
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Objective: To examine whether lead (Pb) in urine and cadmium (Cd) in blood, especially the former, can be used as markers of environmental exposure of general populations to these metals. Methods: Between 1991 and 1998, spot urine and peripheral blood samples, together with 24 h duplicates of food intake were collected from 607 non-smoking adult women in 30 survey sites (SS) in seven administrative regions all over Japan. Urine, blood and food duplicate samples were analyzed by inductively-coupled plasma spectrometry, for Cd and Pb in urine (Cd-U and Pb-U), in blood (Cd-B and Pb-B) and in food duplicates (Cd-F and Pb-F). Correlation between the measurements was examined by regression analysis. Results: The Cd-B correlated closely with Cd-U, and both Cd-B and Cd-U with Cd-F, on an individual basis (n = 607), on an SS basis (n = 30) and on a regional basis (n = 7). The Pb-U however did not correlate with Pb-B on a regional basis although they correlated with each other when analyzed on an individual as well as SS basis. Moreover, the correlation coefficients between Pb-U and Pb-B were much smaller than those between Cd-U and Cd-B. Neither Pb-U nor Pb-B showed significant correlation with Pb-F on any levels of statistical analysis. Conclusions: Both Cd-B and Cd-U can be employed as biomarkers of environmental Cd exposure. The reliability of Pb-U for use in place of Pb-B appeared to be small.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004200050023
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
    Paper (German National Licenses)
    Fulltext
  • 4
    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    Monitoring of occupational exposure to tetrachloroethene by analysis for unmetabolized tetrachloroethene in blood and urine in comparison with urinalysis for trichloroacetic acid (2000)
    Springer
    International archives of occupational and environmental health 73 (2000), S. 221-227 
    Details
    ISSN: 1432-1246
    Keywords: Key words Biological monitoring ; Blood analysis ; Diffusive sampling ; Head-space GC ; Tetrachloroethene ; Urinalysis
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Objective: The present study was initiated to examine a quantitative relationship between tetrachloroethene (TETRA) in blood and urine with TETRA in air, and to compare TETRA in blood or urine with trichloroacetic acid (TCA) in urine as exposure markers. Methods: In total, 44 workers (exposed to TETRA during automated, continuous cloth-degreasing operations), and ten non-exposed subjects volunteered to participate in the study. The exposure to vapor was monitored by diffusive sampling. The amounts of TETRA and TCA in end-of-shift blood and urine samples were measured by either head-space gas chromatography (HS-GC) or automated methylation followed by HS-GC. The correlation was examined by regression analysis. Results: The maximum time-weighted average (TWA) concentration for TETRA-exposure was 46 ppm. Regression analysis for correlation of TETRA in blood, TETRA in urine and TCA in urine, with TETRA in air, showed that the coefficient was largest for the correlation between TETRA in air and TETRA in blood. The TETRA in blood, in urine and in air correlated mutually, whereas TCA in urine correlated more closely with TETRA in blood than with TETRA in urine. The TCA values determined by colorimetry and by the GC method were very similar. The biological marker levels at a hypothetical exposure of 25 ppm TETRA were substantially higher in the present study than were the levels reported in the literature. Possible reasons are discussed. Conclusions: Blood TETRA is the best marker of occupational exposure to TETRA, being superior to the traditional marker, urinary TCA.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004200050421
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
    Paper (German National Licenses)
    Fulltext
  • 5
    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    Analysis of hydroxyproline in urine by high-performance liquid chromatography after dabsyl-chloride derivatization (1995)
    Springer
    Amino acids 8 (1995), S. 401-407 
    Details
    ISSN: 1438-2199
    Keywords: Amino acids ; Hydroxyproline ; Dabsyl-chloride ; Urine ; High-performance liquid chromatography ; o-Phthalaldehyde
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary In order to analyse hydroxyproline (HYP) in urine, a high-performance liquid chromatographic method was modified. The primary amino groups were blocked with o-phthalaldehyde, and then the secondary amino groups were derivatized with 4-dimethylaminoazobenzene-4′-sulphonyl chloride. In addition, the dabsylated samples were treated with ethyl acetate to obtain a simple elution profile in high-performance liquid chromatography. The dabsyl-HYP and -proline were eluted at 4.7 min and 8.0 min, respectively. The chromatographic analysis was completed within 10 min, including the time needed for reequilibration of the column. Using the present method, the concentration of HYP in urine was determined to 260 ± 6µmol/l.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00806559
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
    Paper (German National Licenses)
    Fulltext
  • 6
    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    d-Aminoaciduria in mutant mice lackingd-amino-acid oxidase activity (1991)
    Springer
    Amino acids 1 (1991), S. 239-246 
    Details
    ISSN: 1438-2199
    Keywords: Amino acids ; d-Amino-acid oxidase ; d-Aminoaciduria ; Physiological role ; Mutant mice ; d-Amino acids ; Urine
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Urine of mutant ddY/DAO− mice lackingd-amino-acid oxidase activity contained more serine and proline than that of normal ddY/DAO+ mice.d-Amino-acid oxidase treatment of urinary amino acids decreased the serine and proline, suggesting that they containedd-isomers. An HPLC analysis confirmed the presence ofd-serine. Urinary serine and proline contents were not decreased when the ddY/DAO− mice were fed a diet which did not contain supplementaryd-methionine or when they were given water containing antibiotics. These results suggest that thed-serine andd-proline do not derive from thed-methionine supplemented in the diet or from intestinal bacteria. In urine of the ddY/DAO− mice, a substance which seemed to bed-methionine sulfoxide and/ord-methionine sulfone was present. It is probably a metabolite of thed-methionine supplemented in the diet. Thed-aminoaciduria in the mutant mice lackingd-amino-acid oxidase activity indicates that this enzyme is involved in the metabolism of thed-amino acids in normal mice.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00806921
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
    Paper (German National Licenses)
    Fulltext
  • 7
    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    The amino acid composition of mammalian and bacterial cells (1997)
    Springer
    Amino acids 13 (1997), S. 379-391 
    Details
    ISSN: 1438-2199
    Keywords: Amino acids ; HPLC ; Mammalian cells ; Bacterial cells
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary High performance liquid chromatography was used to analyze the amino acid composition of cells. A total of 17 amino acids was analyzed. This method was used to compare the amino acid compositions of the following combinations: primary culture and established cells, normal and transformed cells, mammalian and bacterial cells, andEscherichia coli andStaphylococcus aureus. The amino acid compositions of mammalian cells were similar, but the amino acid compositions ofEscherichia coli andStaphylococcus aureus differed not only from mammalian cells, but also from each other. It was concluded that amino acid composition is almost independent of cell establishment and cell transformation, and that the amino acid compositions of mammalian and bacterial cells differ. Thus, it is likely that changes in amino acid composition due to cell transformation or species differences between mammalian cells are negligible compared with the differences between mammalian and bacterial cells, which are more distantly related.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01372601
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
    Paper (German National Licenses)
    Fulltext
  • 8
    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    GLC analysis of alkylphenols, alkylcatechols and phenylphenols in the urine of workers as a measure to prevent occupational leucoderma (1978)
    Springer
    International archives of occupational and environmental health 41 (1978), S. 125-138 
    Details
    ISSN: 1432-1246
    Keywords: Amylphenol ; Biological monitoring ; Butylcatechol ; Butylphenol ; Isopropylcatechol ; Methylcatechol ; Nonylphenol ; Octylphenol ; Phenylphenol ; Urinalysis
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary GLC systems are developed for quantitative urinalysis of leucodermogenic phenols and catechols, i. e., p-tert.-butylphenol, p-tert. Amyphenol, p-octylphenol, p- and o-phenylphenol, 3- and 4-methylcatechol, 3-isopropylcatechol, and 4-tert.-butylcatechol. The systems were successfully applied for the exposure assessment of the workers in factories producing p-tert.-butylphenol, p-octylphenol and/or 4-tert.-butylcatechol. In accordance with estimated exposure intensities, the concentrations in the urine of product packers were higher than those of plant operators and engineers. The levels were reduced by the improvement of hygienic conditions in the workshops. Importance of biological monitoring is discussed in relation with the possible skin penetration. From the data obtained, BP concentration in urine, 2 μg/ml, is tentatively proposed as a urinary biological threshold limit value to prevent leucodermogenic effect.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00381797
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
    Paper (German National Licenses)
    Fulltext
  • 9
    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    Further reduction in lead exposure in women in general populations in Japan in the 1990s, and comparison with levels in east and south-east Asia (2000)
    Springer
    International archives of occupational and environmental health 73 (2000), S. 91-97 
    Details
    ISSN: 1432-1246
    Keywords: Key words Biological exposure monitoring ; Environmental exposure ; Japanese women ; Lead ; Dietary exposure
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Objective: The objective of the study was to elucidate the current level of environmental lead (Pb) exposure of women in general population in Japan, where the use of organic Pb in automobile gasoline was phased out from 1973 to reach a zero level early in the 1980s. Methods: A survey was conducted in 27 sites throughout Japan from 1991 to 1997. Five hundred and eighty-eight non-smoking women from the sites offered 24-h food duplicate, peripheral blood, and spot urine samples. Pb in food duplicates (Pb-F), blood (Pb-B), and urine (Pb-U) were analyzed by inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry. The results of Pb-F and Pb-B were compared with observations from a study conducted from 1977 to 1981 on 339 women at the same sites. Log-normal distribution was assumed for the evaluation of the results. Results: Geometric means (GMs) of Pb-F, Pb-B, and Pb-U in the 1991–1997 study were 9.0 μg/day, 20.2 μg/l, and 2.18 μg/g creatinine, respectively. The values for Pb-F and Pb-B were substantially lower than the values (32.8 μg/day for Pb-F and 31.7 μg/l for Pb-B) obtained in the 1977–1981 study, which were already low when compared internationally. Cd-U values in the period from 1991 to 1997 also appeared to be among the lowest in the world. Analysis for time-dependent changes in Pb-U was, however, not possible at the time of this study because no values were available for the period from 1977 to 1981. Conclusions: Substantial reductions from 1977–1981 levels in environmental Pb exposure were observed among the study populations in Japan. Current exposure levels appear to be lower than those in other parts of Asia, the USA, and Europe.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004200050013
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
    Paper (German National Licenses)
    Fulltext
  • 10
    Electronic Resource
    Electronic Resource
    Possible metabolic interaction between hexane and other solvents co-exposed at sub-occupational exposure limit levels (2000)
    Springer
    International archives of occupational and environmental health 73 (2000), S. 449-456 
    Details
    ISSN: 1432-1246
    Keywords: Key words Acetone ; Biological monitoring ; Hexane ; 2 ; 5-Hexanedione ; Toluene ; Ethyl acetate ; Urinalysis
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Objective: To investigate whether metabolic interactions exist between hexane (HEX) and other solvents when co-exposed at the levels below occupational exposure limits. Methods: Workers, 219 men in ten workshops in total, volunteered to participate in the study. They were occupationally exposed to mixtures of HEX and one or more of toluene (TOL), ethyl acetate (EA) and acetone (ACE). Time-weighted average intensity of vapor exposures was monitored by diffusive personal sampling. `Free'- and `total'-2,5-hexanedione (HD) levels in the end-of-shift urine samples were determined by gas chromatography (GC) before and after acid hydrolysis of urine, respectively, and expressed as observed (HDob) or after correction for creatinine concentration (HDcr) or urine specific gravity (HDsg). Possible interaction was examined by multiple regression analysis (MRA), taking either free- or total-HD as a dependent variable, and the four solvent concentrations as independent variables. Results: In most cases, exposure intensity did not exceed the current occupational exposure limits even when additiveness was assumed. In addition that HEX was the most influential independent variable in all cases as expected, the MRA showed that, in cases of free-HD, ACE was also influential to HDob although weakly, but not to HDcr or HDsg. With regard to total-HD, ACE was weakly influential to HDob and HDsg, and EA also weakly to HDcr. The effect of ACE on free- or total-HD was not detected, however, when 22 men exposed only to HEX and ACE were subjected to the same analysis. Similarly, the effect of EA on total-HD was not observed among the remaining 197 men exposed to HEX, TOL and EA only. Conclusions: When the exposures were below occupational exposure limits, the free-HD levels in urine after HEX exposure will not be modified by co-exposures to TOL, EA or ACE.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004200000165
    Library Location Call Number Volume/Issue/Year Availability
    BibTip Others were also interested in ...
    Paper (German National Licenses)
    Fulltext
Close ⊗
This website uses cookies and the analysis tool Matomo. More information can be found here...