URINARY THIOETHER EXCRETION IN NURSES AT AN ONCOLOGIC DEPARTMENT
- 1 October 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Journal of Clinical Pharmacy & Therapeutics
- Vol. 12 (5) , 303-306
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2710.1987.tb00541.x
Abstract
The excretion of thioethers was determined in urine of nurses who were handling cytotoxic drugs. An occupationally non-exposed group served as control. The results showed a significant difference in urinary thioether excretion between the exposed and control persons (PP0.05). In conclusion, smoking nurses handling cytostatic drugs, have a greater risk than non-smoking colleagues and protective intervention methods should be used by smoking as well as non-smoking hospital employees.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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