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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Hyg Environ Health. 2017 Mar 10;220(4):726–735. doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2017.03.002

Table 1.

Airborne exposures and the associated urinary metabolite measured by LC-MS/MS.

Exposure Metabolite (acronym)
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Naphthalene 2-naphthol
Fluorene 1-hydoxyfluorene
2-hydroxyfluorene
3-hydroxyfluorene
Phenanthrene 1-hydroxyphenanthrene
2-hydroxyphenanthrene
3,4-hydroxyphenanthrene
Pyrene 1-hydroxypyrene

Volatile Organic Compounds

Benzene phenylmercapturic acid (PMA)
1,3- butadiene 4-hydroxy-2-buten-1-yl-mercapturic acid (MHBMA-3)
Ethylene oxide, acrylonitrile, vinyl chloride 2-hydroxyethylmercapturic acid (HEMA)
Methylating agents methylmercapturic acid (MMA)
Acrylonitrile 2-cyanoethylmercapturic acid (CNEMA)
Acrolein 3-hydroxypropylmercapturic acid (3HPMA)
Propylene oxide 2-hydroxypropylmercapturic acid (2HPMA)
Acrylamide 2-carbamoylethylmercapturic acid (AAMA)
Crotonaldehyde 3-hydroxy-1-methyl-propylmercapturic acid (HPMMA)