Studies of carcinogenicity of bitumen fume in humans

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-2

  Boffetta, Paolo ^a   Burstyn, Igor ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bitumen fume; Carcinogenicity; Coal tar; Exposure profile

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; ASPHALT; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SULFUR;

CANCER MORTALITY; CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY; EDITORIAL; FUME; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INDUSTRY; LUNG CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 0037226373     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10186     Document Type: Editorial

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