Combined environmental exposures to the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) Benzene,
Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylene (BTEX) pose clear risks to public health. Research into …

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) afflicts more than 500 million people worldwide and is one of
the fastest growing global causes of mortality. When glomerular filtration rate begins to fall …

It is estimated that 10% of carbon throughout the cosmos is in the form of carbon monoxide
(CO). Earth's earliest prebiotic atmosphere included the trinity of gasotransmitters CO, nitric …

Urinary bladder cancer is a major epidemiological problem that continues to grow each
year. It opens avenues for investigative research for the identification of new disease …

Early diagnosis and life-long surveillance are clinically important to improve the long-term
survival of bladder cancer patients. Currently, a noninvasive biomarker that is as sensitive …

Background: Toluene is a harmful substance still being used as a solvent and catalyst in
many industries that can increase the level of urinary hippuric acid (UHA). This study was …

A method for routinely determination of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and dimethyl sulfone
(DMSO2) in human urine was developed using gas chromatography–mass spectrometry …

Exposure to toluene can be associate with genotoxicity, neurological dysfunction,
reproductive toxicity, and etc. Biomonitoring of hippuric acid (HA) is used for a long time as …

Toluene is used in large quantities as an organic solvent in paint industries. Following
toluene exposure, it is metabolized in the body of workers to yield hippuric acid in urine. An …

Rationale: Hypokalemia is a common finding. Typically asymptomatic presentations of
neuromuscular weakness emerge at levels below 2.5 mmol/L. Causes include …