Uncertainty in risk characterization of weak carcinogens

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 895, Issue , 1999, Pages 338-347

  Yamaguchi, Naohito ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; CARCINOGEN;

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; PASSIVE SMOKING; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033403933     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb08094.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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