Toluene

IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans

Volumn 71 II, Issue , 1999, Pages 829-864

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BENZYL ALCOHOL; HIPPURIC ACID; TOLUENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN CANCER; CARCINOGENICITY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; STOMACH CANCER; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; CARCINOGENS; HUMANS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, EXPERIMENTAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TOLUENE;

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