SPECIFIC MEDICAL TESTS PUBLISHED IN THE LITERATURE
FOR OSHA REGULATED SUBSTANCES

Xylene, all isomers

CAS No: Varies

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.

Proctor NH, Hughes JP

Whole Blood (chemical/metabolite)

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

Atio A et al.

Whole Blood (chemical/metabolite)

Biological Monitoring and Surveillance of Workers Exposed to Chemicals. Hemisphere Publishing Corporation. 1984.

Lauwerys RR, Hoet P

Whole Blood (chemical/metabolite) During exposure

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

LaDou J

Whole Blood (chemical/metabolite) End-Of-Shift

Occupational Medicine. Appleton and Lange. 1990.

Proctor NH, Hughes JP

Complete Blood Count

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

US DHHS NIOSH and US DOL OSHA

Complete Blood Count Hematopoietic Depression

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

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

Liver Function Tests

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

Proctor NH, Hughes JP

Liver Function Tests

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

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.

Kneip TJ, Crable JV

Urine (chemical/metabolite)

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

Ho MH, Dillon HK

Urine (chemical/metabolite)

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

Atio A et al.

Urine (chemical/metabolite)

Biological Monitoring and Surveillance of Workers Exposed to Chemicals. Hemisphere Publishing Corporation. 1984.

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.

US DHHS NIOSH

Urine (chemical/metabolite) End-Of-Shift After 2 days exposure

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

Fiserova-Bergerova V, Vlach J

Urine (chemical/metabolite) End of workweek

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

LaDou J

Urine (chemical/metabolite) Last 2 hours of 8-hour exposure

Occupational Medicine. Appleton and Lange. 1990.

US DHHS NIOSH and US DOL OSHA

Urinalysis (routine)

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

Proctor NH, Hughes JP

Urinalysis (routine)

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

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