Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and cancer in man

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1166-1170

  Mastrangelo, Giuseppe ^a,c   Fadda, Emanuela ^b   Marzia, Vita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Consorzio Padova Ricerche ^*  (Italy)

^c Istituto di Medicina Clinica Padova   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Epidemiology; Lung cancer; Occupational exposure; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BLADDER CANCER; CANCER; CANCER RISK; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030465240     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.961041166     Document Type: Short Survey

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