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The carcinogenic potential of selected petroleum-derived products
1Division of Occupational Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205.
Occupational Medicine (Philadelphia, Pa.)
|July 1, 1988
Abstract:
In this chapter the authors examine the toxicologic and epidemiologic literature for a broad range of petroleum-derived products in order to assess the carcinogenic potential of these compounds. Types of evidence used, classes of compounds, and qualitative assessments of carcinogenicity are presented.