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Assessment of butadiene exposure in synthetic rubber manufacturing workers in Texas using frequencies of hprt mutant lymphocytes as a biomarker.
Chemico-biological interactions - 1 Jun 2001
Ward J B, Abdel-Rahman S Z, Henderson R F, Stock T H, Morandi M, Rosenblatt J I, Ammenheuser M M
Abstract excerpt
1,3-Butadiene (BD), which is used to manufacture synthetic rubber, is a mutagen and carcinogen. Because past occupational exposures have been associated with an increased risk of leukemia, there has been a dramatic reduction in workplace exposure standards. The health benefits of these reduced levels of occupational exposure to BD will be difficult to evaluate using relatively insensitive traditional...
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