Hematological and hepatic alterations in nonsmoking residents exposed to benzene following a flaring incident at the British petroleum plant in Texas City

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  D'Andrea, Mark A ^a   Kesava Reddy, G ^a  

^a University Cancer and Diagnostic Centers   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzene poisoning; Blood disorders; Chemical exposure; Health impact; Hematological toxicity; Hepatotoxicity; Nonsmoking; Petroleum refinery

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BENZENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; NITROGEN; PETROLEUM; UREA; AIR POLLUTANT;

BENZENE; BLOOD; CARCINOGEN; DISEASE INCIDENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HEALTH IMPACT; PHOSPHATASE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REFINING INDUSTRY; SERUM; TOXICITY TEST;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GAS FLARING; HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIVER DISEASE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEXAS; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; AGE; AIR POLLUTANT; BLOOD; BLOOD EXAMINATION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; LIVER; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZENE; BIOMARKERS; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEX FACTORS; TEXAS;

EID: 84988843931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-13-115     Document Type: Article

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