Chromium (VI) compounds

IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans

Volumn 100 C, Issue , 2011, Pages 147-167

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AMMONIUM CHROMATE; BARIUM CHROMATE; CALCIUM CHROMATE; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM CHLORIDE; CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; CHROMIUM TRIOXIDE; CHROMYL CHLORIDE; DICHROMATE AMMONIUM; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; DICHROMATE SODIUM; LEAD CHROMATE; MOLYBDENUM ORANGE; POTASSIUM CHROMATE; SODIUM CHROMATE; STRONTIUM CHROMATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC CHROMATE; ZINC CHROMATE HYDROXIDE; ZINC POTASSIUM CHROMATE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG CANCER; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; NOSE CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARANASAL SINUS CANCER; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOIL POLLUTION; STOMACH CANCER; TOXICOKINETICS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

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