Red blood cell glycerol lysis and hematologic effects in occupational benzene exposure

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 485-494

  Bogadi Are, Ana ^a   Turk, Rajka ^a   Karacic, Visnja ^a   Zavalic, Marija ^a   Trutin Ostovic, Karmen ^b  

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

^b University of Zagreb School of Medicine   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; GLYCEROL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TOLUENE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE FRAGILITY; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; ERYTHROCYTOSIS; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; REVIEW; SHOE INDUSTRY; URINALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; BENZENE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; GLYCEROL; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TOLUENE;

EID: 0030844665     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/074823379701300402     Document Type: Article

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