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Benzene has been identified as a human carcinogen. It occurs ubiquitously in the modern industrialized world, with automobile traffic being the most important source of nonoccupational benzene exposure (Fishbein 1988). Tobacco smoke (both active and passive smoking) and food intake are thought to be additional sources for benzene exposure. Whereas smoking leads to elevated benzene concentrations in blood and expired air, no conclusive results exist for the role of passive smoking and food intake on the total benzene body burden (Adlkofer et al. 1990).
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Scherer, G., Conze, C., Angerer, J., Adlkofer, F. (1993). Nonoccupational Exposure to Benzene. In: Mohr, U., Bates, D.V., Fabel, H., Utell, M.J. (eds) Advances in Controlled Clinical Inhalation Studies. ILSI Monographs. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77176-7_38
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