Chemical exposure levels in printing workers with cholangiocarcinoma

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 332-338

  Yamada, Kenichi ^a   Kumagai, Shinji ^b   Nagoya, Toshio ^c   Endo, Ginji ^d  

^a JAPAN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

1,2 dichloropropane; Cholangiocarcinoma; Dichloromethane; Environment; Printer

Indexed keywords

1,1,1-TRICHLOROETHANE; 1,1-DICHLORO-1-FLUOROETHANE; AIR POLLUTANT; CHLOROFLUOROCARBON; DICHLOROMETHANE; INK; PROPANE; PROPYLENE DICHLORIDE; SOLVENT; TRICHLOROETHANE;

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANALYSIS; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT TUMOR; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRINTING; PROCEDURES; TIME;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS, ETHANE; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INK; JAPAN; MALE; METHYLENE CHLORIDE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRINTING; PROPANE; SOLVENTS; TIME FACTORS; TRICHLOROETHANES;

EID: 84908869758     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.14-0073-OA     Document Type: Article

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