Ethylene oxide

IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans

Volumn 97, Issue , 2008, Pages 185-309

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ETHYLENE OXIDE;

AIR POLLUTANT; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGEN TESTING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GENE MUTATION; GENOTOXICITY; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PANCREAS CANCER; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SANITATION; STOMACH CANCER; TOXICOKINETICS;

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