Mortality among Workers Exposed to Ethylene Oxide
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- 16 May 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 324 (20) , 1402-1407
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199105163242004
Abstract
Ethylene oxide is a sterilant gas that causes leukemia and other cancers in animals. Studies in Sweden have shown an excess of leukemia and stomach cancer in humans exposed to ethylene oxide, but other studies have generally failed to confirm these findings.Keywords
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