Nitrosamine in leather dust extracts.
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Nitrosamine in leather dust extracts.
The interest in the carcinogenic and biological actions of N-nitroso compounds arose following the reports of the hepatotoxicity by Freund' and Barnes and Magee2 and ofcarcinogenicity (Magee and Barnes)3 of the simplest nitrosamine: N-nitrosodimethylamine (dimethylnitrosamine) and the subsequent observation of Schoental4 and Druckrey et aP on the carcinogenic action of the nitrosamides: n-methy...
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 1988
ISSN: 1351-0711
DOI: 10.1136/oem.45.9.647