Dimethylformamide

IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans

Volumn 71 II, Issue , 1999, Pages 545-574

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ADHESIVE AGENT; INK; N,N DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; RESIN;

CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; EVALUATION; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; LIVER TOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS CANCER; TOXICITY; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; CARCINOGENS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; HUMANS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

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