Environmental and occupational exposure to benzene in Thailand

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 153-154, Issue , 2005, Pages 75-83

  Navasumrit, Panida ^a   Chanvaivit, Sirirat ^a   Intarasunanont, Pornpat ^a   Arayasiri, Manaswee ^a   Lauhareungpanya, Narumon ^a   Parnlob, Varaporn ^a   Settachan, Daam ^a   Ruchirawat, Mathuros ^a,b  

^a Toxicology and Management of Chemicals   (Thailand)

^b Mahidol University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bangkok; Benzene; Biomarkers; Children; DNA repair capacity; DNA strand breaks; trans,trans Muconic acid

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; GASOLINE; MUCONIC ACID;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHILD HEALTH; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICENTRIC CHROMOSOME; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXHAUST GAS; GENE DELETION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; SCHOOL CHILD; THAILAND; TRAFFIC; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URINE LEVEL; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COMET ASSAY; CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GASOLINE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SCHOOLS; SORBIC ACID; THAILAND; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 20444365784     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2005.03.010     Document Type: Article

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