Vinyl chloride: Still a cause for concern

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 108, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 579-588

  Kielhorn, Janet ^a,c   Melber, Christine ^a   Wahnschaffe, Ulrich ^a   Aitio, Antero ^b   Mangelsdorf, Inge ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR TOXICOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Fraunhofer Inst Toxicol Aerosol R   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma of the liver (ASL); Landfill leachate; Liver cancer; Occupational exposure; Risk assessment; Vinyl chloride

Indexed keywords

1,N6 ETHENOADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADENINE; CARCINOGEN; DNA BASE; GROUND WATER; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PROTEIN P53; RAS PROTEIN; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; THYMIDINE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

ANGIOSARCOMA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ADDUCT; GAS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LANDFILL; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; METABOLITE; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033846895     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.00108579     Document Type: Review

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