Aplastic Anemia in a Petrochemical Factory Worker
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Aplastic anemia in a petrochemical factory worker.
A petrochemical worker with aplastic anemia was referred to our hospital. He worked in a petroleum resin-producing factory and had been exposed to low-level benzene while packaging the powder resin and pouring lime into a deactivation tank. According to the yearly environmental survey of the working area, the airborne benzene level was approximately 0.28 ppm. Exposure to benzene, a common chemi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0091-6765
DOI: 10.2307/3454585