Cholangiocarcinoma among offset colour proof-printing workers exposed to 1,2-dichloropropane and/or dichloromethane

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 508-510

  Kumagai, Shinji ^a   Kurumatani, Norio ^b   Arimoto, Akira ^c   Ichihara, Gaku ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,2 DICHLOROPROPANE; DICHLOROMETHANE; PROPANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO;

ADULT; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INK; JAPAN; MALE; METHYLENE CHLORIDE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRINTING; PROPANE;

EID: 84879786324     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2012-101246     Document Type: Article

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