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Occupational Exposure to Benzene and Chromosomal Structural Aberrations in the Sperm of Chinese Men
15 Nov 2011
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BACKGROUND: Benzene is an industrial chemical that causes blood disorders, including acute myeloid leukemia. We previously reported that occupational exposures near the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration permissible exposure limit (8 hr) of 1 ppm was associated with sperm aneuploidy. OBJECTIVE: We investigated whether occupational exposures near 1 ppm increase the incidence of sperm carrying...
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