Should coal tar products carry cancer warnings?

Cutis

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 333-334

  Zackheim, Herschel S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; COAL TAR; CORTICOSTEROID; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; MEDLINE; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; PSORIASIS; PUVA; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; UNITED STATES; URINARY EXCRETION;

CALIFORNIA; COAL TAR; DRUG LABELING; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; HUMANS; KERATOLYTIC AGENTS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 2542616651     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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