Benzene exposure in the shoemaking industry in China, a literature survey, 1978-2004

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 149-156

  Wang, Laiming ^a   Zhou, Yimei ^b   Liang, Youxin ^a   Wong, Otto ^c,d,e   Armstrong, Thomas ^b   Robert Schnatter, A ^b   Wu, Qiangen ^a   Fang, Jinbin ^a   Ye, Xibiao ^a   Fu, Hua ^a   Irons, Richard D ^f,g  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c Applied Health Sciences Inc   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f Institute of Biomedical Sciences   (China)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesives; Benzene; Benzene poisoning; China; Glues; Job exposure matrix; Occupational exposure limit; Retrospective exposure assessment; Shoemaking; Solvents

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; BENZENE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JOB CHARACTERISTICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOE INDUSTRY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BENZENE; CHINA; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SHOES; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES;

EID: 33749261012     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2006.06.009     Document Type: Article

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