Mechanistic studies of benzene toxicity - Implications for risk assessment

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 387, Issue , 1996, Pages 259-266

  Smith, Martyn T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE DERIVATIVE;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENOTOXICITY; HEREDITY; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING;

EID: 0029782411     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4757-9480-9_34     Document Type: Conference Paper

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