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Reduction of benzene toxicity by toluene.
Environmental and molecular mutagenesis - 1 Jan 1994
Plappert U, Barthel E, Seidel H J
Abstract excerpt
BDF1 mice were exposed in inhalation chambers to benzene (900 ppm, 300 ppm) and/or toluene (500 ppm, 250 ppm) 6 hr per day, 5 days per week, for up to 8 weeks. Benzene alone induced a slight anemia after 4 and 8 weeks and a reduction of BFU-E and CFU-E numbers in the marrow. The coexposure to toluene reduced the degree of anemia. These results confirm previous studies where toluene was found to reduce benzene...
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