Benzene exposure assessments: Past practices and future prospects

Leukaemia Risks in Relation to Benzene Exposure

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 15-28

  Esmen, Nurtan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

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