A Survey of Personal Exposures to Benzene in Mexico City

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 359-363

  Meneses, Fernando ^a   Romieu, Isabelle ^b   Ramirez, Matiana ^a   Colome, Steve ^c   Fung, Kochy ^d   Ashley, David ^e   Hernandez avila, Mauricio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b Organizacion Panamerican de la Salud Mexico   (Mexico)

^c Integrated Environmental Services   (United States)

^d AtmAA Calabasas   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE;

ADULT; AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032599820     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039899909602501     Document Type: Article

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