chloromethyl methyl ether

was MH 1977-92 (see under METHYL ETHERS 1977-90); METHOXYCHLOROMETHANE & METHYL CHLOROMETHYL ETHER were see CHLOROMETHYL METHYL ETHER 1977-92; use METHYL ETHERS to search CHLOROMETHYL METHYL ETHER 1977-92; an alpha halo ether alkylating agent used widely in chemical & plastic industries; it causes lung hyperplasias & neoplasms & skin neoplasms

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Related Diseases

1.	Lung Neoplasms (Lung Cancer) 01/01/1993 - "The purpose of this cohort study was to determine if workers at the factory whose jobs had involved potential exposure to technical chloromethyl-methyl-ether had a higher incidence of lung cancer than coworkers, or others without potential exposure. " 11/01/1983 - "Lung cancer associated with chloromethyl methyl ether manufacture: an investigation at two factories in the United Kingdom." 05/01/1976 - "Lung cancer following exposure to chloromethyl methyl ether. " 04/25/1974 - "Letter: Lung cancer in chloromethyl methyl ether workers." 09/27/1973 - "Lung cancer in chloromethyl methyl ether workers."
2.	Neoplasms (Cancer) 11/01/1983 - "The prevalence of deaths from lung cancer, other cancer, and all other causes was studied in workers and former workers at two factories (A and B) in the United Kingdom at which chloromethyl methyl ether has been manufactured, at one since about 1948 and at the other since 1956. "

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