It can be found in urine of outdoor workers exposed to air pollution.

[1] Experiments in pig show that urinary 1-hydroxypyrene is a metabolite of pyrene, when given orally.

strain isolated from mangrove sediments produced 1-hydroxypyrene during the degradation of pyrene.

[3] Highly significant differences and dose-response relationships with regard to cigarettes smoked per day were found for 2-, 3- and 4-hydroxyphenanthrene and 1-hydroxypyrene, but not for 1-hydroxyphenanthrene.

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