Critical review of the epidemiological literature on occupational exposure to perchloroethylene and cancer

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 473-491

  Mundt, Kenneth A ^a   Birk, Thomas ^a   Burch, Margaret T ^a  

^a Applied Epidemiology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Critical review; Perchloroethylene; Tetrachloroethylene

Indexed keywords

TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

BLADDER CANCER; CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CARCINOGENICITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; KIDNEY CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; METHODOLOGY; MOUTH CANCER; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANCREAS CANCER; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0142031480     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-003-0457-2     Document Type: Review

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