Development of carcinogenicity classifications and evaluations: The case of formaldehyde

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 132-143

  Binetti, Roberto ^a   Costamagna, Francesca Marina ^a   Marcello, Ida ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carcinogenicity; Classification and labelling; Criteria; Evaluation; Formaldehyde; Limit values

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOTOXICITY; DANGEROUS GOODS; DATA BASE; EUROPEAN UNION; EVALUATION RESEARCH; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CARCINOGENS; EUROPEAN UNION; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; THRESHOLD LIMIT VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750030948     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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