Arsenic-related Bowen's disease, palmar keratosis, and skin cancer

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 687-689

  Col, Meltem ^a   Col, Cavit ^a   Soran, Atilla ^b   Sayli, Bekir S ^a   Öztürk, Selma ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA NUMUNE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Bowen's disease; Keratosis; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BORATE SODIUM; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; DRINKING WATER;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BOWEN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOSIS PALMARIS; LEG DISEASE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THIGH;

SOLEIDAE;

EID: 0344631645     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107687     Document Type: Short Survey

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