The importance of formic acid excretion in the urine for environmental and occupational medicine questions

• Published in: Zentralblatt für Hygiene und Umweltmedizin Vol. 196; no. 2; p. 139
• Main Authors: Schmid, K, Schaller, K H, Angerer, J, Lehnert, G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: German
• Published: Germany 01.08.1994
• Subjects: Administration, Inhalation; Adult; Air Pollution; Child; Circadian Rhythm; Creatinine - urine; Environmental Exposure; Environmental Monitoring; Female; Formaldehyde - administration & dosage; Formates - urine; Humans; Male; Occupational Exposure; Pregnancy; Reference Values; Time Factors

The suitability of the formic acid excretion in the urine as a parameter for the biological monitoring of inhalational exposure to formaldehyde is discussed controversially. We investigated persons not occupationally exposed to formaldehyde (n = 70) to determine possible influencing factors on the p...