Risk of low red or white blood cell count related to estimated benzene exposure in a rubberworker cohort (1940-1975)

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 247-257

  Ward, Elizabeth ^a   Hornung, Richard ^a   Morris, James ^a   Rinsky, Robert ^a   Wild, Deanna ^a   Halperin, William ^a   Guthrie, William ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

benzene; hematologic suppression; red blood cells; white blood cells

Indexed keywords

BENZENE;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BENZENE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; RUBBER;

EID: 0029879987     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199603)29:3<247::AID-AJIM4>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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