Kidney cancer in utility workers exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
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Kidney cancer in utility workers exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
We wish to report a cluster of kidney malignancies (adenocarcinoma) that has occurred among three young male utility workers who were responsible for maintaining electrical transmission equipment including power transformers. Each was employed by a single public utility company during the same period and worked at some time repairing and maintaining transformers. The most common coolants used i...
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 1989
ISSN: 1351-0711
DOI: 10.1136/oem.46.11.823