Carcinogenicity of trichloroethylene: An epidemiologic assessment

Clinics in Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 557-589

  Wong, Otto ^a,b,c  

^a Applied Health Sciences Inc   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

BILIARY TRACT CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; GALLBLADDER CANCER; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INHALATION; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOSARCOMA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANCREAS CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; RETICULOSARCOMA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; SOLVENTS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 4444239174     PISSN: 15260046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coem.2004.03.013     Document Type: Review

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