Formaldehyde exposure and leukaemia

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 875-876

  Coins, J J ^a  

^a DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY TUMOR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 6344265443     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2004.014324     Document Type: Editorial

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