Vinyl chloride

IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans

Volumn 97, Issue , 2008, Pages 311-443

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POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

BILIARY TRACT CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTOXICITY; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; TOXICOKINETICS;

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