The Weight of Evidence Does Not Support the Listing of Styrene as "Reasonably Anticipated to be a Human Carcinogen" in NTP's Twelfth Report on Carcinogens

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-27

  Rhomberg, Lorenz R ^a   Goodman, Julie E ^a   Prueitt, Robyn L ^a  

^a GRADIENT   (United States)

Author keywords

carcinogenicity; metabolism; mode of action; styrene; weight of evidence

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84871911164     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2012.650577     Document Type: Article

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