SPECIFIC MEDICAL TESTS PUBLISHED IN THE LITERATURE
FOR OSHA REGULATED SUBSTANCES

Methyl ethyl ketone (MEK)

CAS No: 78-93-3

NOTE:
(1) Efficacy of Medical Tests has not been evaluated.
(2) NIOSH references include diagnostic, screening, and other tests.
(3) OSHA mandated medical tests are provided in BOLD and listed first.

EDITOR(S) / AUTHOR(S)
SPECIFIC MEDICAL TEST(S)
ANALYTIC METHOD(S)
PAGE NUMBER(S)
REFERENCES

Baselt RC

Whole Blood (chemical/metabolite)

Biological Monitoring Methods for Industrial Chemicals. 2nd Edition. Year Book Medical Publishers, Inc. 1988.

Kneip TJ, Crable JV

Whole Blood (chemical/metabolite)

Methods for Biological Monitoring - A Manual for Assessing Human Exposure to Hazardous Substances. Am Public Health Association. 1988.

Ho MH, Dillon HK

Whole Blood (chemical/metabolite)

Biological Monitoring of Exposure to Chemicals. Organic Compounds. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1987.

US DHHS NIOSH

Whole Blood (chemical/metabolite)

NIOSH Manual Of Analytic Methods. 4th Edition. NIOSH Pub No. 94-113. 1994.

Baselt RC

Expired Air

Biological Monitoring Methods for Industrial Chemicals. 2nd Edition. Year Book Medical Publishers, Inc. 1988.

Linch AL

Expired Air

Biological Monitoring for Industrial Chemical Exposure Control. CRC Press. 1974.

Ho MH, Dillon HK

Expired Air

Biological Monitoring of Exposure to Chemicals. Organic Compounds. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1987.

US DHHS NIOSH and US DOL OSHA

Pulmonary Function Tests

NIOSH/OSHA Occupational Health Guidelines for Chemical Hazards. DHHS (NIOSH) Pub Nos. 81-123; 88-118, Suppls. I-IV. 1981-1995.

Baselt RC

Urine (chemical/metabolite)

Biological Monitoring Methods for Industrial Chemicals. 2nd Edition. Year Book Medical Publishers, Inc. 1988.

Lauwerys RR, Hoet P

Urine (chemical/metabolite)

Industrial Chemical Exposure. Guidelines for Biological Monitoring. 2nd Edition. Lewis Publishers. CRC Press, Inc. 1993.

Ho MH, Dillon HK

Urine (chemical/metabolite)

Biological Monitoring of Exposure to Chemicals. Organic Compounds. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1987.

Baselt RC

Urine (chemical/metabolite) End-Of-Shift

Biological Monitoring Methods for Industrial Chemicals. 2nd Edition. Year Book Medical Publishers, Inc. 1988.

ACGIH

Urine (chemical/metabolite) End-Of-Shift

1996 Threshold Limit Values for Chemical Substances and Physical Agents and Biological Exposure Indices. ACGIH Worldwide. 1996.

LaDou J

Urine (chemical/metabolite) End-Of-Shift

Occupational Medicine. Appleton and Lange. 1990.

Hathaway GJ et al.

Urine (chemical/metabolite) End-Of-Shift

Chemical Hazards of the Workplace. 4th Edition. Van Nostrand Reinhold Publishers. 1996.

Fiserova-Bergerova V, Vlach J

Urine (chemical/metabolite) End-Of-Shift

Timing of sample collection for biological monitoring of occupational exposure. Ann Occup Hyg 41(3):345-353, 1997.

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