Predicting chemicals causing cancer in animals as human carcinogens

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 720-

  Huff, James ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BENZENE; CARCINOGEN; CHEMICAL COMPOUND;

ALUMINUM FACTORY; BIOASSAY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; CONSTRUCTION WORK; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FURNITURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INDUSTRY; LETTER; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; RODENT; RUBBER INDUSTRY;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; CARCINOGENS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77956927164     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.054569     Document Type: Letter

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