Bitumen fumes: Review of work on the potential risk to workers and the present knowledge on its origin

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 300, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 37-49

  Binet, S ^a   Pfohl Leszkowicz, A ^b   Brandt, H ^c   Lafontaine, M ^a   Castegnaro, Marcel ^d  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c Z Jansestraat 46 2e   (Netherlands)

^d Les Collanges   (France)

Author keywords

Bitumens; Carcinogenicity; Fumes; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Road workers

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; BIOASSAY; CONTAMINATION; DNA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION; MUTAGENESIS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RISKS; SKIN;

GENOTOXICITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ALKYL GROUP; ASPHALT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SULFUR;

BITUMEN; CANCER; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAH;

AMES TEST; ANALYTIC METHOD; CANCER MORTALITY; CARCINOGENICITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ADDUCT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FUME; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOCYTE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUTAGENESIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2242479307     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00279-6     Document Type: Article

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