Chemical exposure levels in printing and coating workers with cholangiocarcinoma (third report)

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 565-571

  Yamada, Kenichi ^a   Kumagai, Shinji ^b   Kubo, Shoji ^c   Endo, Ginji ^d  

^a JAPAN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

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

^d INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE OF LABOUR   (Japan)

Author keywords

1,2 dichloropropane; Cholangiocarcinoma; Coating worker; Dichloromethane; Printing worker

Indexed keywords

DICHLOROMETHANE; INK; PROPANE; PROPYLENE DICHLORIDE;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANALYSIS; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRINTING; TIME FACTOR;

AGED; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INK; JAPAN; MALE; METHYLENE CHLORIDE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRINTING; PROPANE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84983187912     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.15-0170-OA     Document Type: Article

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