Health Watch exposure estimates: Do they underestimate benzene exposure?

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 153-154, Issue , 2005, Pages 23-32

  Glass, D C ^a   Gray, C N ^b   Jolley, D J ^b   Gibbons, C ^b   Sim, M R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benzene; Exposure; Leukemia; Petroleum industry

Indexed keywords

BENZENE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BENZENE TOXICITY; CANCER RISK; DATA BASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LEUKEMIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AUSTRALIA; BENZENE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROLEUM;

EID: 20444364554     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2005.03.006     Document Type: Article

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