Vinyl chloride and polyvinyl chloride

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 719-741

  Lewis, Richard ^a,b  

^a Private Practice in Occupational Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

ANGIOSARCOMA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

EID: 0039197091     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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