Assessment of occupational exposure to benzene, toluene and xylenes in urban and rural female workers

Chemosphere

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 813-819

  Ciarrocca, Manuela ^a   Tomei, Gianfranco ^a   Fiaschetti, Maria ^a   Caciari, Tiziana ^a   Cetica, Carlotta ^a   Andreozzi, Giorgia ^a   Capozzella, Assunta ^a   Schifano, Maria Pia ^a   Andre', Jean Claude ^b   Tomei, Francesco ^a   Sancini, Angela ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Benzene; Female workers; Leukaemia; Reproductive health; Urban pollutants; VOCs

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; EXPOSURE CONTROLS; PATIENT MONITORING; RURAL AREAS; SMOKE; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; XYLENE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE WORKERS; LEUKAEMIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; S-PHENYLMERCAPTURIC ACID; TRANS , TRANS-MUCONIC ACID; URBAN POLLUTANTS;

BENZENE;

BENZENE; CREATININE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

BENZENE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD SYSTEM DISORDER; CARCINOGEN; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; TOLUENE; TOXIN; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN POLLUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WOMENS HEALTH; XYLENE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; WORKER;

EID: 84858621824     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.01.008     Document Type: Article

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