Validation of benzene exposure assessment

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 837, Issue , 1997, Pages 114-121

  Dosemeci, M ^a   Rothman, N ^a   Yin, S N ^b   Li, G L ^b   Linet, M ^a   Wacholder, S ^a   Chow, W H ^a   Hayes, R B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE;

ADULT; BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CHINA; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RUBBER INDUSTRY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORKER;

EID: 0031587503     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb56868.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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