Benzene exposure and hematopoietic mortality: A long-term epidemiologic risk assessment

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 474-480

  Rinsky, Robert A ^a   Hornung, R W ^b   Silver, S R ^a   Tseng, C Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzene; Leukemia; Multiple myeloma; Occupational health; Risk analysis; Rubber workers

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; RUBBER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; BENZENE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LIFE TABLES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036896644     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10138     Document Type: Article

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