Merkel cell carcinoma, Bowen's disease and chronic occupational arsenic poisoning

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 291-294

  Tsuruta, D ^a   Hamada, T ^a   Mochida, K ^a   Nakagawa, K ^a   Kobayashi, H ^a   Ishii, M ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

AGED; ARTICLE; BOWEN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ARSENIC POISONING; BOWEN'S DISEASE; CARCINOMA, MERKEL CELL; FOOT DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031868042     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.1998.02369.x     Document Type: Article

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