A hematology surveillance study of petrochemical workers exposed to 1,3 butadiene

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 508-515

  Tsai, Shan P ^a   Ahmed, Farah S ^a   Ransdell, Jerry D ^a   Wendt, Judy K ^a   Donnelly, Robin P ^a  

^a SHELL OIL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

1,3 Butadiene; Health surveillance; Hematology; Petrochemical; Refinery

Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTADIENE; BENZENE; HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; DATA ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIODIC MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SEX; SMOKING; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BUTADIENES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROLEUM; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 26444468971     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620500280960     Document Type: Article

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