alpha-Fluoro beta alanine in urine of workers occupationally exposed to 5 fluorouracil in a 5 fluorouracil producing factory
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Biomarkers
- Vol. 3 (1) , 81-87
- https://doi.org/10.1080/135475098231390
Abstract
Because of possible harmful health effects increased attention is being paid to the occupational exposure to cytostatic drugs of workers in hospitals and industry. In this study a biomarker for exposure to 5-fluorouracil (5FU) based on GC-MSMS was applied to study the occupational exposure of four workers in a pharmaceutical factory producing 5FU. The four workers all excreted-fluoro--alanine (FBAL), a metabolite of 5FU, via the urine (range excretion rates: 0-88 9 g per 8h). This is in accordance with the presence of 5FU and/or its precursor ethoxyfluorouracil (EFU) in stationary and personal air wipe samples taken from the the workplace.Keywords
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