Dye-manufacturing workers and bladder cancer in South Korea [1]

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 381-384

  Kim, Yangho ^a   Park, Jungsun ^b   Shin, Yong Chul ^c  

^a Ulsan University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency   (South Korea)

^c Inje University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZIDINE;

BLADDER CANCER; BLADDER CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LETTER; OCCUPATIONAL CARCINOGENESIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH KOREA;

BENZIDINES; COLORING AGENTS; HUMANS; KOREA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34247869669     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-006-0166-1     Document Type: Letter

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