There is no doubt about the leukemogenic effect of benzene in man. The evidence is as follows: (1) The incidence of leukemia in shoeworkers exposed to benzene in a period of 8 years in Istanbul was 13.6/100,000, which is significantly higher than that for leukemia in the general population. (2) Foll
Occupational exposure to benzene in the shoe industry
✍ Scribed by Višnja Karačić; Ljiljana Skender; Danica Prpić-Majić
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 336 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0271-3586
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