Hematological changes of children exposed to volatile organic compounds containing low levels of benzene

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 299, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 237-245

  Lee, Choong Ryeol ^a   Yoo, Cheol In ^a   Lee, Ji Ho ^a   Kim, Sung Ryul ^a   Kim, Yangho ^a  

^a Ulsan University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Children; Platelet; Red blood cell; Volatile organic compounds; White blood cell

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; BLOOD; CELLS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETROCHEMICALS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

HEMATOLOGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BENZENE; BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; KOREA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

BENZENE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; VOLATILIZATION;

KOREA;

EID: 0036839994     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00228-0     Document Type: Article

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