An overview of benzene metabolism

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 6, 1996, Pages 1165-1171

  Snyder, Robert ^a,b   Hedli, Christine C ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EOHSI Toxicology Division   (United States)

Author keywords

1,2,4 benzenetriol; Benzene; Benzoquinone; Bone marrow; Covalent binding; Hydroquinone; Liver; Metabolism; Oxidative stress; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

1,2,4 BENZENETRIOL; BENZENE; BENZOQUINONE; HYDROQUINONE;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; BONE MARROW DEPRESSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; COVALENT BOND; HUMAN; LEUKEMOGENESIS; LIVER TOXICITY; METABOLISM; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030445486     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.96104s61165     Document Type: Conference Paper

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