Vinyl chloride propellant in hair spray and angiosarcoma of the liver among hairdressers and barbers: Case reports

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-42

  Infante, Peter F ^a   Petty, Stephen E ^b   Groth, David H ^c   Markowitz, Gerald ^d   Rosner, David ^e  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EES Group Inc   (United States)

^c Armstrong Laboratory OL AL HSC/OETA   (United States)

^d JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^e Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma of the liver (ASL); Barbering; Cosmetologists; Hairdressers; Occupational health; Vinyl chloride

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; PROPELLANT; VINYL CHLORIDE;

AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COSMETIC INDUSTRY; EXPOSURE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW;

AEROSOL PROPELLANTS; AGED; BEAUTY CULTURE; COSMETICS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

EID: 65249132384     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2009.15.1.36     Document Type: Article

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