Two Offset Printing Workers with Cholangiocarcinoma
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Two offset printing workers with cholangiocarcinoma.
OBJECTIVES Previously, the author reported a cluster of 11 cholangiocarcinoma cases exposed to 1,2-dichloropropane (1,2-DCP) and/or dichloromethane (DCM) in an offset proof-printing company. Before that report, the association between the two chemicals and cholangiocarcinoma had not been known. The current study describes two cholangiocarcinoma patients exposed to 1,2-DCP or DCM in different of...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Occupational Health
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1341-9145,1348-9585
DOI: 10.1539/joh.13-0262-cs