lll Contents of volume 68 Dalene M, Jakobsson K, Rannug A, Skarping G, Hagmar L: MDA in plasma as a biomarker of exposure to pyrolysed No |: pp 1— 68 published December 1995 MDI-based polyurethane: correlations No 2: pp 69-136 published January 1996 with estimated cumulative dose and No 3: pp 137-206 published March 1996 genotype for N-acetylation 165 No 4: pp 207-276 published May 1996 Davoli E, Cappellini L, Moggi M, No 5: pp 277-348 published July 1996 Ferrari S, Fanelli R: On-line monitoring No 6: pp 349-536 published September 1996 of benzene air concentrations while driving in traffic by means of isotopic dilution gas chromatography/mass Supplement to Vol. 68 (1996): Lung cancer due to diesel soot particles in ambient air? spectrometry 262 A critical appraisal of epidemiological studies addressing this question. Dedon PC: Mechanisms of target selec- Int Arch Occup Environ Health (Suppl) :S1-S62 tion by DNA-damaging chemicals: studies with enediyne anticancer drugs 408 Abel UR — Stéber W Bond JA, Himmelstein MW, Medinsky MA: De Rosa E — Calabrese G Ahman M, Séderman E: Serial nasal peak The use of toxicologic data in mecha- De Vivo I > Marion M-J expiratory flow measurements in wood- nistic risk assessment: 1 ,3-butadiene as Dijk FJH van — Zwart BCH de work teachers 177 acase study 415 Ducos P — Robert A Alessio L — Lucchini R Bonfiglioli R — Cipolla C Dupuis H —> Stelling J Almkvist O — Sjégren B Bonin MA — Ashley DL Andoh K — Kumagai S Branch RA — Bluhm R Fanelli R — Davoli E Angerer J — Wrbitzky R Brandt-Rauf PW — Marion M-J Fekete T — Lutz WK Aoyagi Y, McLellan TM, Shephard RJ: Breitstadt R — Kiipper HU Ferrari S > Davoli E Determination of body heat storage: Broser M, Zhang Y, Aston C, Harkin T, Francin JM — Robert A how to select the weighting of rectal Rom WN: Elevated interleukin-8 in the Frank F — Wrbitzky R and skin temperatures for clothed sub- alveolitis of individuals with asbestos Franzblau A — Batterman SA jects 325 exposure 109 Frech W — Sjégren B Araki S > Murata K Brugnone F, Perbellini L, Cerpelloni M, Frings-Dresen MHW — Zwart BCH de Araki S — Sata F Soave C, Cecco A, Giuliari C: Nitrous Fuchs J, Hengstler JG, Boettler G, Arends JW — Swaen GMH oxide in blood and urine of operating Oesch F: Primary DNA damage in Ariizumi M — Nakamura H theatre personnel and the general popu- peripheral mononuclear blood cells of Asal NR, Cleveland HL, Kaufman C, lation 22 workers exposed to bitumen-based Nsa W, Nelson DI, Nelson RY, Lee ET, Byrd DM, Griffiths JC, Lamm SH, products 141 Kingsley B: Hydrocarbon exposure and Wilson R, Lai S: Carcinogenic risks of chronic renal disease 229 inorganic arsenic in perspective 484 Giuliari C — Brugnone F Ashford NA, Miller CS: Low-level chemi- Géen T > Wrbitzky R cal sensitivity: current perspectives 367 Calabrese G, Martini A, Sessa G, Griffiths JC — Byrd DM Ashley DL, Bonin MA, Hamar B, Cellini M, Bartolucci GB, Marcuzzo G, Guidotti TL: An international registry McGeehin M: Using the blood concen- De Rosa E: Otoneurological study in for toxic inhalation and pulmonary tration of 2,5-dimethylfuran as a marker workers exposed to styrene in the fiber- edema: notes from work in progress for smoking 183 glass industry 219 380 Aston C — Broser M Cap AP: The chlorine controversy 455 Guo Y-L — Liou S-H Autrup H —> Nielsen PS Cappellini L — Davoli E Aw TC — Harrington JM Cardona A, Marhuenda D, Prieto MJ, Hagberg M — Lagerstrém M Marti J, Periago JF, Sanchez JM: Hagmar L — Dalene M Balogh I — Sahlstrém A Behaviour of urinary 2,5-hexanedione Haguenoer J-M — Barregard L Baranski B: Work culture conducive to in occupational co-exposure to n-hexane Hamar B — Ashley DL health and safe environment: a joint ob- and acetone 88 Hantson P, Verellen-Dumoulin C, jective of the WHO and Medichem 349 Cecco A — Brugnone F Libouton JM, Leonard A, Leonard ED, Barregard L, Quelquejeu G, Sillsten G, Cellini M — Calabrese G Mahieu P: Sister chromatid exchanges Haguenoer J-M, Nisse C: Dose-depen- Cerpelloni M — Brugnone F in human peripheral blood lymphocytes dent elimination kinetics for mercury Chabut C — Laurent C after ingestion of high doses of arseni- in urine: observations in subjects with Chang P-Y — Liou S-H cals 342 brief but high-level exposure 345 Cheng S-Y — Liou S-H Harkin T — Broser M Bartolucci GB — Calabrese G Chiang H-C — Liou S-H Harrington JM, Aw TC: Occupational and Basun H — Sjégren B Christensen JM — Jakubowski M environmental medicine in the United Batterman SA, Franzblau A, Zhou N: Cipolla C, Lugo G, Sassi C, Bonfiglioli R, Kingdom 69 Airborne emissions at skin surfaces: Maini S, Tommasini MG, Raffi GB: Hengstler JG — Fuchs J a potential biological exposure index A new risk of occupational disease: Hering KG — Kraus T 268 allergic asthma and rhinoconjunctivitis Himmelstein MW — Bond JA Berthiot G + Bohadana AB in persons working with beneficial Hirata M, Yoshida T, Miyajima K, Biagini R — Johanning E arthropods 133 Kosaka H, Tabuchi T: Correlation be- Bluhm R, Branch RA: Clinical problems Cleveland HL — Asal NR tween lead in plasma and other indicators interpreting mercury levels. 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