Hydroquinone

IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans

Volumn 71 II, Issue , 1999, Pages 691-719

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1,4 BENZOQUINONE; GLUTATHIONE; HYDROQUINONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CARCINOGENICITY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; GENOTOXICITY; GLUTATHIONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; MELANOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; CARCINOGENS; HUMANS; HYDROQUINONES; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

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