Benzene exposure and risk of benzene poisoning in Chinese workers

• Published in: Occupational and environmental medicine (London, England) Vol. 79; no. 9; pp. 610 - 617
• Main Authors: Vermeulen, Roel, Portengen, Lützen, Li, Guilan, Gilbert, Ethel S, Dores, Graça M, Ji, Bu-Tian, Hayes, Richard, Yin, Sognian, Rothman, Nathaniel, Linet, Martha S, Lan, Qing, Ding, Cheng-yu, Gao, Yuan, Hayes, Richard B, Ji, Bu-tian, Li, Gui-lan, Li, Gui-zhen, Liu, Lian-Cui, Ni, Yu-ne, Niu, Xin-hua, Portengen, Lutzen, Sun, Gui-fen, Tang, Qiang, Tian, Hao-yuan, Xiao, Lu-wu, Yin, Song-nian, Zhao, Hong-bin, Zhou, Guang-fa, Zhou, Jie-sen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 01.09.2022; BMJ Publishing Group LTD
• Subjects: Age; Benzene; Benzene poisoning; epidemiology; Exposure; Factories; hematology; Hydrocarbons; Latency; leukemia; Low income groups; Manufacturing; Occupational exposure; Poisoning; Risk; risk assessment; Toluene; Trends; Tumors; Wages & salaries; Workers; Workplace; epidemiology; leukemia; risk assessment; hematology; benzene

ObjectivesBenzene is a known haematoxin and leukemogen that can cause benzene poisoning (BP), that is, a persistent reduction in white cell counts that is strongly associated with increased risk of lymphohaematopoietic malignancies. Data are needed on the exposure–response, particularly at low doses...