Carcinogenicity assessment of water-soluble nickel compounds

Critical Reviews in Toxicology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 365-417

  Goodman, Julie E ^a   Prueitt, Robyn L ^a   Dodge, David G ^a   Thakali, Sagar ^a  

^a GRADIENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal association; Human exposure; Mode of action; Tumor promotion; Weight of evidence

Indexed keywords

NICKEL; WATER; CARCINOGEN;

CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENOTOXICITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LUNG CLEARANCE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL CARCINOGENESIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SOLUBILITY; TARGET CELL; TOXICOKINETICS; TUMOR PROMOTION; WORKROOM AIR; ANIMAL; CARCINOGEN TESTING; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; CARCINOGENS; COHORT STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; NICKEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 68849102727     PISSN: 10408444     EISSN: 15476898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408440902762777     Document Type: Review

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