Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Ethylene oxide : an assessment of the epidemiological evidence on carcinogenicity

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Ethylene oxide : an assessment of the epidemiological evidence on carcinogenicity / Roy E. Shore, Martin J. Gardner, Brian Pannett

Sumario: Mortality from cancer among workers exposed to ethylene oxide (EtO) has been studied in 10 distinct cohorts that include about 29800 workers and 2540 deaths. This paper presents a review and meta-analysis of these studies, primarily for leukaemia, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, stomach cancer, pancreatic cancer, and cancer of the brain and nervous system

En: British journal of industrial medicine. - London and Margate. - nº 11, November 1993 ; p. 971-997

1. Medicina laboral . 2. Enfermedades profesionales . 3. Mortalidad . 4. Oxido de etileno . 5. Toxicología . 6. Cáncer . 7. Epidemiología . I. Gardner, Martín J. . II. Pannett, Brian . III. Título. IV. Título: British journal of industrial medicine.