Occupational exposure to crack detection dye penetrants and the potential for bladder cancer

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 300-301

  Noon, Aidan P ^a   Pickvance, Simon M J ^b   Catto, James W F ^a,b  

^a ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 METHYLANILINE; 2,2' DIHYDROXY 1,1' NAPHTHALAZINE; ANILINE; AZO DYE; CYTOCHROME P450; FLUORESCENT DYE; NAPHTHALENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLADDER CARCINOGENESIS; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; ENZYME METABOLISM; FATIGUE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAGNETIC FIELD; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AGED; COLORING AGENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84858071131     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2011-100379     Document Type: Letter

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