Progress of epidemiological and molecular epidemiological studies on benzene in China

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1076, Issue , 2006, Pages 800-809

  Li, Guilan ^a,b   Yin, Songnian ^b  

^a International Benzene Research Team of the China CDC and NCI   (United States)

^b National Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control   (China)

Author keywords

Adducts; Benzene; Epidemiology; Genomics; Hematotoxicity; Individual susceptibility; Molecular aspects; Poisoning

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CXCL16 CHEMOKINE; CYTOCHROME P450 2E1; GENE PRODUCT; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE T1; PROTEIN GPA; PROTEIN JUN; PROTEIN MPO; PROTEIN NQO1; PROTEIN PF4; PROTEIN ZNF331;

B LYMPHOCYTE; BLOOD; BLOOD TOXICITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHINA; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ERYTHROCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOMA; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33845659073     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1371.035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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