"Vinyl Chloride" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vinyl Chloride" by people in Profiles.
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Cryogenic soil coring reveals coexistence of aerobic and anaerobic vinyl chloride degrading bacteria in a chlorinated ethene contaminated aquifer. Water Res. 2019 Jun 15; 157:281-291.
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Mortality patterns among industrial workers exposed to chloroprene and other substances. II. Mortality in relation to exposure. Chem Biol Interact. 2007 Mar 20; 166(1-3):301-16.
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Mortality patterns among industrial workers exposed to chloroprene and other substances. I. General mortality patterns. Chem Biol Interact. 2007 Mar 20; 166(1-3):285-300.
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Chemical process-based reconstruction of exposures for an epidemiological study. Part II. Estimated exposures to chloroprene and vinyl chloride. Chem Biol Interact. 2007 Mar 20; 166(1-3):264-76.