SPECIFIC MEDICAL TESTS PUBLISHED IN THE LITERATURE
FOR OSHA REGULATED SUBSTANCES

Methyl alcohol (Methanol)

CAS No: 67-56-1

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.

Hathaway GJ et al.

Whole Blood (chemical/metabolite)

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

Hathaway GJ et al.

Blood Plasma

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

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.

US DHHS NIOSH and US DOL OSHA

Liver 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.

Proctor NH, Hughes JP

Urine (chemical/metabolite)

Chemical Hazards of the Workplace. JB Lippincott Company. 1978.

Ho MH, Dillon HK

Urine (chemical/metabolite)

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

Hathaway GJ et al.

Urine (chemical/metabolite)

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

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.

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.

LaDou J

Urine (chemical/metabolite) End of workweek

Occupational Medicine. Appleton and Lange. 1990.

LaDou J

Urine (chemical/metabolite) Prior to next shift

Occupational Medicine. Appleton and Lange. 1990.

ACGIH

Urine (chemical/metabolite) Prior to last shift of workweek

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

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