A pharmacokinetic study of occupational and environmental benzene exposure with regard to gender

Risk Analysis

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 205-213

  Brown, Elizabeth A ^a   Shelley, Michael L ^a   Fisher, Jeffrey W ^b  

^a AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzene; Gender differences; Physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BENZENE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH RISKS; PHARMACOKINETICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

GENDER DIFFERENCES; PHYSIOLOGICALLY BASED PHARMACOKINETIC MODELING;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

BENZENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY FAT; COMPARTMENT MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; XENOBIOTIC METABOLISM;

ADULT; BENZENE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0032051783     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.1998.tb00932.x     Document Type: Article

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