Occupational cancers in leather tanning industries: A short review

Work in leather tanning involves exposure to a wide range of chemicals. Some of these are carcinogens or suspected carcinogens. Increased risks for a number of cancers have been reported among the tannery workers. In the present review, a detailed account of lung cancer, testicular cancer, soft tiss...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Rastogi, S. K., Kesavachandran, C., Mahdi, Farzana, Pandey, Amit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2007
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3168109/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21957364
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5278.32456
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Sumario:Work in leather tanning involves exposure to a wide range of chemicals. Some of these are carcinogens or suspected carcinogens. Increased risks for a number of cancers have been reported among the tannery workers. In the present review, a detailed account of lung cancer, testicular cancer, soft tissue sarcoma, pancreatic cancer, bladder cancer among tannery workers is mentioned.

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