active pollutant in the environment. People can be exposed to benzene from tobacco smoke, car emissions, and automobile exhaust. Workers in industrial sites are exposed to high levels of benzene more than any other category of people. Benzene goes by other names, most of which are summarized ...
whereas applied to monomeric-type epoxy systems, they may advantageously have the dual function of entering into the oxirane curing mechanism as well as imparting flame-retardency; in either case, the resultant products are unexpectedly and markedly improved in their resistance to flame initiation and...
Significant p-values are in bold. 3.3. Repetitive Element Expression in Relation to Exposure Assessment Expression of repetitive elements (Alu-Y, Alu-J, L1-5 UTR, L1-ORF1) was not associated with exposure to airborne benzene and MTBE (Table 3). In contrast, we observed a significant ...
Both benzene and HQ are also found in cigarette smoke and HQ is the most abundant pro-oxidant compound in cigarette smoke tar [2], though HQ is also found in the plasma of nonsmoker individuals living a Western lifestyle [3]. In addition to industrial exposure, there is significant ...