@article{ref1,
title="Decline of blood and alveolar toluene concentration following two accidental human poisonings",
journal="International archives of occupational and environmental health",
year="1983",
author="Brugnone, F. and Perbellini, L. and Apostoli, P. and Locatelli, M. and Mariotto, P.",
volume="53",
number="2",
pages="157-165",
abstract="In two workers admitted to hospital because of a coma due to an accidental occupational exposure to a mixture of solvents, the level of toluene was respectively 823-1122 micrograms/l in the blood and 53-38 micrograms/l in the alveolar air on the second day of admission (36 h after the accidental exposure). On the fifth day, 112 h after exposure, the toluene level was 120-45 micrograms/l in the blood and 3-1 micrograms/l in the alveolar air. The urinary excretion of o-cresol, calculated as a toluene equivalent, was 0.8-0.9 mg on the second day and 1.7-1.6 mg on the third day. Urinary hippuric acid, as a toluene equivalent, was 1.7-1.4 g on the second day and 1.3-0.7 g on the third day. A half-life of between 19 and 21 h was calculated for toluene both in the blood and in the alveolar air.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0340-0131",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}