Genotoxic effects in workers exposed to benzene: With special reference to exposure biomarkers and confounding factors

Industrial Health

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 367-373

  Bogadi ŠARE, Ana ^a   Brumen, Vlatka ^a   Turk, Rajka ^a   Karačič, Višnja ^a   Zavalić, Marija ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Benzene; Chromosomal aberrations; Confounding factors; Exposure biomarkers; Occupational exposure; Sister chromatid exchanges

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; TOLUENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOGENETICS; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0030749561     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.35.367     Document Type: Article

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