"Vinyl Chloride" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A gas that has been used as an aerosol propellant and is the starting material for polyvinyl resins. Toxicity studies have shown various adverse effects, particularly the occurrence of liver neoplasms.
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D014752
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.326.271.884.750 D02.455.526.439.975
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vinyl Chloride" by people in Profiles.
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Vinyl chloride and trichloroethylene: comparison of alkylating effects of metabolites and induction of preneoplastic enzyme deficiencies in rat liver. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 1979 Jun 08; 94(2):139-47.
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