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Current understanding of the mechanism of benzene-induced leukemia in humans: implications for risk assessment
12 Dec 2011
Abstract excerpt
Benzene causes acute myeloid leukemia and probably other hematological malignancies. As benzene also causes hematotoxicity even in workers exposed to levels below the US permissible occupational exposure limit of 1 part per million, further assessment of the health risks associated with its exposure, particularly at low levels, is needed. Here, we describe the probable mechanism by which benzene induces leukemia...
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