Epidemiological studies of lung cancer in Japanese mustard gas workers.

Volume: 18, Pages: 95 - 101
Published: Jan 1, 1987
Abstract
Until the end of the Second World War, a poison gas manufacturing plant was operating on Okunojima, an island in the Seto Inland Sea. Of the gases produced there, mustard gas and Lewisite were found to be associated with various malignant tumors including lung cancer. The mortality rate for lung cancer in workers directly or indirectly involved in the production of poison gas was significantly higher than that of workers not involved in the...
Paper Details
Title
Epidemiological studies of lung cancer in Japanese mustard gas workers.
Published Date
Jan 1, 1987
Journal
Volume
18
Pages
95 - 101
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