Is hexavalent chromium carcinogenic via ingestion? A weight-of-evidence review

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 701-746

  Proctor, Deborah M ^a   Otani, Joanne M ^a   Finley, Brent L ^a   Paustenbach, Dennis J ^a   Bland, Judith A ^a   Speizer, Ned ^a   Sargent, Edward V ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; DRINKING WATER;

ANIMAL FOOD; BLOOD; CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; INGESTION; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALIVA; STOMACH; UNITED STATES; WATER STANDARD;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMIUM; DOGS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MICE; RABBITS; RATS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037165959     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00984100290071018     Document Type: Review

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