The relationship between low-level benzene exposure and blood cell counts in Korean workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 421-427

  Koh, Dong Hee ^a,b   Jeon, Hee Kyung ^a   Lee, Sang Gil ^a   Ryu, Hyang Woo ^a  

^a Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency   (South Korea)

^b Catholic Kwandong University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD SAMPLING; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; KOREA; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; BLOOD CELL; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BENZENE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CELLS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 84929309832     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2014-102227     Document Type: Article

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