The Urine Trans, Trans Muconic Acid Biomarker and Platelet Count in a Sample of Subjects with Benzene Exposure

Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-76

  Wiwanitkit, Viroj ^a   Suwansaksri, Jamsai ^a   Soogarun, Suphan ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Benzene; Platelet; ttMA

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MUCONIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE MARKER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTOXICATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

EID: 2142768147     PISSN: 10760296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107602960401000113     Document Type: Article

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