Distribution of urinary hippuric acid concentrations by ALDH2 genotype.

doi:10.1136/oem.51.12.817

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Distribution of urinary hippuric acid concentrations by ALDH2 genotype.

Occupational and environmental medicine - 1 Dec 1994

Kawamoto T, Murata K, Koga M, Hattori Y, Kodama Y

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OBJECTIVES: To clarify the relation between the genetic polymorphism of ALDH2 (low Km aldehyde dehydrogenase) and toluene metabolism. METHODS: The study subjects were 253 toluene workers (192 men and 61 women with an age range of 18-66). The genotypes of ALDH2 were classified by artificial restri...

Topics

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aldehyde Dehydrogenase
Female
Genotype
Hippurates
Humans
Industry
Male
Middle Aged
Occupational Exposure
Polymorphism, Genetic
Toluene

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