Indpirect validation of benzene exposure assessment by association with benzene poisoning

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue SUPPL. 6, 1996, Pages 1343-1347

  Dosemeci, M ^a   Yin, S N ^b   Linet, M ^a   Wacholder, S ^a   Rothman, N ^a   Li, G L ^b   Chow, W H ^a   Wang, Y Z ^c   Jiang, Z L ^d   Dai, T R ^c   Zhang, W U ^d   Chao, X J ^c   Ye, P Z ^d   Kou, Q R ^d   Fan, Y H ^d   Zhang, X C ^d   Lin, X F ^d   Meng, J F ^d   Zho, J S ^d   Blot, W J ^e   Hayes, R B ^a   more..

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^c Stn Pub Hlth and Prev of Infect ^*  (China)

^d Inst Labor Hlth and Occup Dis   (China)

^e INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzene exposure; Exposure assessment method; Exposure estimates; Reconstruction of historical exposure; Validation

Indexed keywords

BENZENE;

CHINA; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUBBER INDUSTRY;

BENZENE; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030471796     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.961041343     Document Type: Article

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