Peripheral blood effects in benzene-exposed workers

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 184, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 174-181

  Robert Schnatter, A ^a   Kerzic, Patrick J ^b   Zhou, Yimei ^a   Chen, Min ^a   Nicolich, Mark J ^c   Lavelle, Karlene ^a   Armstrong, Thomas W ^d   Bird, Michael G ^a   Lin, Lv ^b   Fu, Hua ^b   Irons, Richard D ^b,e,f  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ExxonMobil Production Company ^*  (United States)

^d TWA8HR Occupational Hygiene Consulting LLC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzene; Hematotoxicity; Peripheral blood; Toluene

Indexed keywords

BENZENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASOPHIL; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEMATOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MEGALOCYTOSIS; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THROMBOCYTE VOLUME; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; BENZENE; BLOOD CELLS; DNA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TOLUENE;

EID: 77950628240     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2009.12.020     Document Type: Article

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