Ensuring comparability of benzene exposure estimates across three nested case-control studies in the petroleum industry in support of a pooled epidemiological analysis

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 184, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 101-111

  Glass, D C ^a   Armstrong, T W ^b,e   Pearlman, E D ^b   Verma, D K ^c   Schnatter, A R ^b   Rushton, L ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e TWA8HR Occupational Hygiene Consulting LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzene; Exposure assessment; Leukemia; Petroleum industry; Pooled analysis

Indexed keywords

BENZENE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JOB PERFORMANCE; LEUKEMIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKPLACE;

BENZENE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROLEUM; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77950628846     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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