1,1,1-Trichloroethane

IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans

Volumn 71 II, Issue , 1999, Pages 881-903

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1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; CARCINOGENS; HUMANS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SOLVENTS; TRICHLOROETHANES;

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