Ethylene dibromide (1,2-dibromoethane)

IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans

Volumn 71 II, Issue , 1999, Pages 641-669

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1,2 DIBROMOETHANE; GASOLINE;

ANGIOSARCOMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CARCINOGENICITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MESOTHELIOMA; PEST CONTROL; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN TUMOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

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

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