Living in a chemical world. Health impact of 1,3-butadiene carcinogenesis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 837, Issue , 1997, Pages 176-188

  Santos Burgoa, Carlos ^a   Eden Wynter, Rocío Alatorre ^a   Riojas Rodríguez, Horacio ^a   Matanoski, Genevieve M ^b  

^a and Health Institute   (Mexico)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTADIENE;

ATHEROGENESIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; SARCOMA; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 0031587506     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb56874.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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