Biological monitoring for mutagenic effects of occupational exposure to butadiene

Toxicology

Volumn 113, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 84-90

  Ward Jr , Jonathan B ^a   Ammenheuser, Marinel M ^a   Whorton Jr , Elbert B ^a   Bechtold, William E ^b   Kelsey, Karl T ^c   Legator, Marvin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b Inhalation Toxicology Research Institute   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

biological monitoring; butadiene; hprt mutation; human; occupational health

Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTADIENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AIR ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; MUTAGENICITY; MUTATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

EID: 0030605176     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0300-483X(96)03431-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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