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Cytogenetic and immunological effects associated with occupational formaldehyde exposure.
Journal of toxicology and environmental health. Part A - 1 Jan 2013
Costa Solange, García-Lestón Julia, Coelho Marta, Coelho Patrícia, Costa Carla, Silva Susana, Porto Beatriz, Laffon Blanca, Teixeira João Paulo
Abstract excerpt
Formaldehyde (FA) is a widely used industrial chemical for which exposure is associated with nasopharyngeal and sinonasal cancer. Based on sufficient evidence of carcinogenicity from human investigations, supporting studies on mechanisms underlying carcinogenesis, and experimental evidence in animals, FA status was recently revised and reclassified as a human carcinogen. The highest level of exposure to FA occurs...
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