A novel method for assaying major metabolites of 6 kinds of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in human urine by RP-HPLC-UV were established. These were detected at 280 nm and separated on Dia-monsil TM C18(5 μm,150 nm × 4. 6 nm)by using sodium acetate buffer solution(66: 34,V: V)as mobile phase when the flow rate was 0. 95 mL/ min. The result showed that the calibration curves of 9-hydroxy-phenanthrene,α-naphthol,β-naphthol,1-hydroxypyrene,2-hydroxyfluorene and 9-hydroxyfluorene showed good linearities in the ranges of 0. 105 ~ 500. 0 μmol/...