Relative lymphocytosis-disorder caused by occupational exposure to vinyl chloride monomer

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 583-590

  Fucic, A ^a   Spacir Z ^b   Barkovic, D ^c   Jazbec, A ^a   Mijic, A ^d   Labar, B ^e  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c INA Industrija Nafte d d   (Croatia)

^d SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

^e Croatian Lymphoma Leukemia Found   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VINYL CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CROATIA; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; VINYL CHLORIDE;

EID: 0032407168     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900801     Document Type: Article

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