Ethyl benzene should be considered ototoxic at occupationally relevant exposure concentrations

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 241-246

  Vyskocil, A ^a   Leroux, T ^a   Truchon, G ^b   Lemay, F ^b   Gendron, M ^a   Gagnon, F ^a   El Majidi, N ^a   Viau, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Institut de Recherches   (Canada)

Author keywords

ethyl benzene; interactions; noise; ototoxicity; work environments

Indexed keywords

ETHYLBENZENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; COCHLEA DUCT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING; HEARING LOSS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OTOTOXICITY; RAT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; COCHLEA; FEMALE; GUINEA PIGS; HEARING; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RATS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 57149083928     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233708094097     Document Type: Article

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