Liver angiosarcoma caused by 22-year exposure to vinyl chloride monomer

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 158-160

  Moszczyński, Paulin ^a   Moszczyński Jr , Paulin ^b   Zabiński, Zbigniew ^b   Rutowski, Jan ^b  

^a Regional Hospital Immunological Lab   (Poland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Cancer incidence; Chemicals; Epidemiology; Occupational exposure; Vinyl chloride monomer

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142521657     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.40.158     Document Type: Article

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