Carcinogenicity of pentachlorophenol and some related compounds

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1637-1638

  Guyton, Kathryn Z ^a   Loomis, Dana ^a   Grosse, Yann ^a   El Ghissassi, Fatiha ^a   Bouvard, Véronique ^a   Benbrahim Tallaa, Lamia ^a   Guha, Neela ^a   Mattock, Heidi ^a   Straif, Kurt ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4,6 TRICHLOROPHENOL; 3,3',4,4' TETRACHLOROAZOBENZENE; ALDRIN; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; AZOBENZENE; CYTOCHROME P450 1A1; CYTOCHROME P450 1A2; DIELDRIN; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INSECTICIDE;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CHLORACNE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; EXPOSURE; FIBROSARCOMA; HUMAN; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG TUMOR; MULTIPLE CANCER; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEURILEMOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; THYMUS ATROPHY; URETHRA CANCER; WASTING SYNDROME; WOOD; ANIMAL; CARCINOGEN TESTING; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; POLLUTANT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; NEOPLASMS; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 85005943421     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: 14745488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(16)30513-7     Document Type: Note

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