Does exposure to trichloroethene in low doses constitute a cancer risk to humans?

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment (HERA)

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 657-675

  Dekant, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Kidney; Liver; Lung; Mechanism of action; Trichloroethene; Tumor induction

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044529847     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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