Squamous cell carcinoma of the skin and coal tar creosote exposure in a railroad worker

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 96-97

  Carlsten, Chris ^a   Hunt, Stephen Carl ^a   Kaufman, Joel D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Coal tar; Creosote; Environmental; Exposure; Occupational; Railroad; Squamous cell

Indexed keywords

COAL TAR; CREOSOTE;

ADULT; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RAILWAY EMPLOYEE; REVIEW; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN PROTECTION; SKIN SURGERY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CLOTHING; COAL TAR; CREOSOTE; HUMANS; KERATOLYTIC AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RAILROADS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 12744274583     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7373     Document Type: Review

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