An epidemiologic study of early biologic effects of benzene in Chinese workers

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 6, 1996, Pages 1365-1370

  Rothman, Nathaniel ^a   Smith, Martyn T ^b   Hayes, Richard B ^a   Li, Gui Lin ^c   Irons, Richard D ^d   Dosemeci, Mustafa ^a   Haas, Robert ^e   Stillman, Wayne S ^d   Linet, Martha ^a   Xi, Li Qiang ^c   Bechtold, William E ^f   Wiemels, Joseph ^b   Campleman, Sharan ^b   Zhang, Luoping ^b   Quintana, Penelope J E ^g   Titenko Holland, Nina ^b   Wang, Yao Zu ^h   Lu, Wei ^g   Kolachana, Prema ^b   Meyer, Kathleen B ^b   Yin, Songnian ^c   more..

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e Hazardous Materials Laboratory   (United States)

^f Inhalation Toxicology Research Institute   (United States)

^g SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Shanghai Hygiene and Anti Epidemic Center   (China)

Author keywords

Benzene; Biomarkers; Cytokines; Hematotoxicity; Hydroquinone; Leukemogenesis; Molecular epidemiology; Muconic acid; Somatic cell mutations

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CYTOKINE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; GLYCOPHORIN A; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; HEMOGLOBIN; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; BLOOD CELL; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROID PRECURSOR CELL; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE LOSS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MUTATION RATE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL; STEM CELL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 0007611734     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.961041365     Document Type: Conference Paper

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