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Toxicant and Disease Database

The CHE Toxicant and Disease Database is a searchable database that summarizes links between chemical contaminants and approximately 180 human diseases or conditions. Diseases and or toxicants can be viewed by utilizing the search options below. See a full description of the database and our methodology.

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hydrocarbons

Diseases linked to this toxicant    Grouped by strength of evidence

Strong Evidence

Hepatocellular cancer (liver cancer)

Olfactory alterations (hyposmia, anosmia, dysomias)

Peripheral neuropathy

Good Evidence

Aplastic anemia

Steatosis (fatty liver)

References

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Colt JS, Blair A. Parental occupational exposures and risk of childhood cancer. Environmental Health Perspectives. 1998;106(Suppl 3):909-925.

Den Hond E, Roels HA et al. Sexual maturation in relation to polychlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons: Sharpe and Skakkebaek's hypothesis revisited. Environmental Health Perspectives. 2002 Aug;110(8):771-6.

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Hruska KS, Furth PA, Seifer DB, Sharara FI, Flaws JA. Environmental factors in infertility. Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology. 2000 Dec;43(4):821-9.

Klaassen CD, Ed. Casarett and Doull's Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons, 6th Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill 2001.

LaDou J, Ed. Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 3rd Edition. New York: Lange Medical/McGraw-Hill Company, 2004.

Leikin JB, Davis A et al. Selected topics related to occupational exposures. Part IV. Occupational liver disease. Disease-a-Month. 2000 Apr;46(4):296-310.

Rom WM. Environmental and Occupational Medicine, 3rd Edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Publishers, 1998.

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