Continued Epidemic of Bladder Cancer in Workers Exposed to Ortho-Toluidine in a Chemical Factory

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 154-160

  Markowitz, Steven B ^a   Levin, Kate ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 METHYLANILINE; AROMATIC AMINE; CARCINOGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOGENS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TOLUIDINES; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0842266530     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000111602.76443.15     Document Type: Article

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