Validation of 1,3-butadiene exposure estimates for workers at a synthetic rubber plant

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 166, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 29-43

  Sathiakumar, Nalini ^a   Delzell, Elizabeth ^a   Cheng, Hong ^a   Lynch, Jeremiah ^b   Sparks, William ^c   Macaluso, Maurizio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Formerly Exxon Chemical Company   (United States)

^c Bayer Sarnia   (Canada)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

1,3 Butadiene; Exposure estimates; Validation

Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTADIENE;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUBBER INDUSTRY; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKPLACE;

BUTADIENES; CARCINOGENS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ONTARIO; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RUBBER;

EID: 33947147880     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2006.08.016     Document Type: Article

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