Tehran University of Medical Sciences Iranian Journal of Public Health 2251-6085 31 1-2 2002 06 15 9 10 M Ansari-Lari M Saadat 2015 10 03 A cross-sectional study to determine whether occupational exposure to antineoplastic drugs can cause hematologic changes was performed. Blood samples were collected from a group of 24 hematology/oncology nurses who were exposed to antineoplastic drugs during a mean preiod of 5.5 years (standard error =1.1). The control group, matched by sex, and age, consisted of 18 nurses, worked on other sections. Within the normal range we found significant differences between the exposed and the control group in the absolute mean number of the total white blood cells (t=-2.50; df=40; P https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/1993 https://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/download/1993/1974