Exposure to polymeric materials in vascular soft-tissue sarcomas

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 343-347

  Rhomberg, W ^a  

^a Landesklinikum ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Hemangiopericytoma; Occupational exposure; Polymeric materials; Vinyl chloride

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; PLASTIC; POLYMER; THORIUM DIOXIDE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CARPENTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OFFICE WORKER; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOGENS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; VINYL CHLORIDE;

EID: 0031704979     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050290     Document Type: Article

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