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Volume 135
(2025) Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctanesulfonic Acid (PFOS)

Volume 134
(2024) Aspartame, Methyleugenol, and Isoeugenol

Volume 133
(2024) Anthracene, 2-Bromopropane, Butyl Methacrylate, and Dimethyl Hydrogen Phosphite

Volume 132
(2023) Occupational Exposure as a Firefighter

Volume 131
(2023) Cobalt, Antimony Compounds, and Weapons-grade Tungsten Alloy

Volume 130
(2022) 1,1,1-Trichloroethane and Four Other Industrial Chemicals

Volume 129
(2022) Gentian Violet, Leucogentian Violet, Malachite Green, Leucomalachite Green, and CI Direct Blue 218

Volume 128
(2021) Acrolein, Crotonaldehyde, and Arecoline

Volume 127
(2021) Some Aromatic Amines and Related Compounds

Volume 125
(2020) Some Industrial Chemical Intermediates and Solvents

Volume 123
(2020) Some Nitrobenzenes and Other Industrial Chemicals

Volume 122
(2019) Isobutyl Nitrite, β-Picoline, and Some Acrylates

Volume 121
(2019) Styrene, Styrene-7,8-oxide, and Quinoline

Volume 119
(2019) Some Chemicals That Cause Tumours of the Urinary Tract in Rodents

Volume 118
(2018) Welding, Molybdenum Trioxide, and Indium Tin Oxide

Volume 117
(2019) Pentachlorophenol and Some Related Compounds

Volume 116
(2018) Drinking Coffee, Mate, and Very Hot Beverages

Volume 115
(2018) Some Industrial Chemicals

Volume 114
(2018) Red Meat and Processed Meat

Volume 113
(2018) DDT, Lindane, and 2,4-D

Volume 112
(2017) Some Organophosphate Insecticides and Herbicides

Volume 111
(2017) Some Nanomaterials and Some Fibres

Volume 110
(2017) Some Chemicals Used as Solvents and in Polymer Manufacture

Volume 108
(2016) Some Drugs and Herbal Products

Volume 107
(2016) Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Polybrominated Biphenyls

Volume 106
(2014) Trichloroethylene, Tetrachloroethylene, and Some Other Chlorinated Agents

Volume 105
(2013) Diesel and Gasoline Engine Exhausts and Some Nitroarenes

Volume 104
(2013) Malaria and Some Polyomaviruses (SV40, BK, JC, and Merkel Cell Viruses)

Volume 103
(2013) Bitumens and Bitumen Emissions, and some N- and S-Heterocyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

Volume 102
(2013) Non-ionizing Radiation, Part 2: Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields

Volume 101
(2012) Some Chemicals Present in Industrial and Consumer Products, Food and Drinking-water

Volume 100F
(2012) Chemical Agents and Related Occupations

Volume 100E
(2012) Personal Habits and Indoor Combustions

Volume 100C
(2012) Arsenic, Metals, Fibres, and Dusts

Volume 100
(2012) Review of Human Carcinogens (Package of 6 Volumes: A,B,C,D,E,F)

Volume 99
(2010) Some Aromatic Amines, Organic Dyes, and Related Exposures

Volume 98
(2010) Painting, Firefighting, and Shiftwork

Volume 97
(2008) 1,3-Butadiene, Ethylene Oxide and Vinyl Halides (Vinyl Fluoride, Vinyl Chloride and Vinyl Bromide)

Volume 96
(2010) Alcohol Consumption and Ethyl Carbamate

Volume 95
(2010) Household Use of Solid Fuels and High-temperature Frying

Volume 94
(2010) Ingested Nitrate and Nitrite, and Cyanobacterial Peptide Toxins

Volume 93
(2010) Carbon Black, Titanium Dioxide, and Talc

Volume 92
(2010) Some Non-heterocyclic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Some Related Exposures

Volume 91
(2007) Combined Estrogen–Progestogen Contraceptives and Combined Estrogen–Progestogen Menopausal Therapy

Volume 90
(2007) Human Papillomaviruses

Volume 89
(2007) Smokeless Tobacco and Some Tobacco-specific N-Nitrosamines

Volume 88
(2006) Formaldehyde, 2-Butoxyethanol and 1-tert-Butoxypropan-2-ol

Volume 87
(2006) Inorganic and Organic Lead Compounds

Volume 86
(2006) Cobalt in Hard Metals and Cobalt Sulfate, Gallium Arsenide, Indium Phosphide and Vanadium Pentoxide

Volume 85
(2004) Betel-quid and Areca-nut Chewing and Some Areca-nut-derived Nitrosamines

Volume 84
(2004) Some Drinking-water Disinfectants and Contaminants, including Arsenic

Volume 83
(2004) Tobacco Smoke and Involuntary Smoking

Volume 82
(2002) Some Traditional Herbal Medicines, Some Mycotoxins, Naphthalene and Styrene

Volume 81
(2002) Man-made Vitreous Fibres

Volume 80
(2002) Non-Ionizing Radiation, Part 1: Static and Extremely Low-frequency (ELF) Electric and Magnetic Fields

Volume 79
(2001) Some Thyrotropic Agents

Volume 78
(2001) Ionizing Radiation, Part 2: Some Internally Deposited Radionuclides

Volume 77
(2000) Some Industrial Chemicals

Volume 76
(2000) Some Antiviral and Antineoplastic Drugs, and Other Pharmaceutical Agents

Volume 75
(2000) Ionizing Radiation, Part 1: X- and Gamma (γ)-Radiation, and Neutrons

Volume 74
(1999) Surgical Implants and Other Foreign Bodies

Volume 73
(1999) Some Chemicals that Cause Tumours of the Kidney or Urinary Bladder in Rodents and Some Other Substances

Volume 72
(1999) Hormonal Contraception and Post-menopausal Hormonal Therapy

Volume 71
(1999) Re-evaluation of Some Organic Chemicals, Hydrazine and Hydrogen Peroxide (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)

Volume 70
(1997) Epstein-Barr Virus and Kaposi’s Sarcoma Herpesvirus/Human Herpesvirus 8

Volume 69
(1997) Polychlorinated Dibenzo-para-dioxins and Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans

Volume 68
(1997) Silica, Some Silicates, Coal Dust and para-Aramid Fibrils

Volume 67
(1996) Human Immunodeficiency Viruses and Human T-cell Lymphotropic Viruses

Volume 66
(1996) Some Pharmaceutical Drugs

Volume 65
(1996) Printing Processes and Printing Inks, Carbon Black and Some Nitro Compounds

Volume 64
(1995) Human Papillomaviruses

Volume 63
(1995) Dry Cleaning, Some Chlorinated Solvents and Other Industrial Chemicals

Volume 62
(1995) Wood Dust and Formaldehyde

Volume 61
(1994) Schistosomes, Liver Flukes and Helicobacter pylori

Volume 60
(1994) Some Industrial Chemicals

Volume 58
(1993) Beryllium, Cadmium, Mercury, and Exposures in the Glass Manufacturing Industry

Volume 57
(1993) Occupational Exposures of Hairdressers and Barbers and Personal Use of Hair Colourants; Some Hair Dyes, Cosmetic Colourants, Industrial Dyestuffs and Aromatic Amines

Volume 56
(1993) Some Naturally Occurring Substances: Food Items and Constituents, Heterocyclic Aromatic Amines and Mycotoxins

Volume 55
(1992) Solar and Ultraviolet Radiation

Volume 54
(1992) Occupational Exposures to Mists and Vapours from Strong Inorganic Acids; and Other Industrial Chemicals

Volume 53
(1991) Occupational Exposures in Insecticide Application, and Some Pesticides

Volume 52
(1991) Chlorinated Drinking-water; Chlorination By-products; Some Other Halogenated Compounds; Cobalt and Cobalt Compounds

Volume 51
(1991) Coffee, Tea, Mate, Methylxanthines and Methylglyoxal

Volume 50
(1990) Pharmaceutical Drugs

Volume 49
(1990) Chromium, Nickel and Welding

Volume 48
(1990) Some Flame Retardants and Textile Chemicals, and Exposures in the Textile Manufacturing Industry

Volume 47
(1989) Some Organic Solvents, Resin Monomers and Related Compounds, Pigments and Occupational Exposures in Paint Manufacture and Painting

Volume 46
(1989) Diesel and Gasoline Engine Exhausts and Some Nitroarenes

Volume 45
(1989) Occupational Exposures in Petroleum Refining; Crude Oil and Major Petroleum Fuels

Volume 43
(1988) Man-made Mineral Fibres and Radon

Volume 42
(1987) Silica and Some Silicates

Volume 41
(1986) Some Halogenated Hydrocarbons and Pesticide Exposures

Volume 40
(1986) Some Naturally Occurring and Synthetic Food Components, Furocoumarins and Ultraviolet Radiation

Volume 39
(1986) Some Chemicals Used in Plastics and Elastomers

Volume 37
(1985) Tobacco Habits Other than Smoking; Betel-quid and Areca-nut Chewing; and Some Related Nitrosamines

Volume 36
(1985) Allyl Compounds, Aldehydes, Epoxides and Peroxides

Volume 35
(1985) Polynuclear Aromatic Compounds, Part 4: Bitumens, Coal-tars and Derived Products, Shale-oils and Soots

Volume 34
(1984) Polynuclear Aromatic Compounds, Part 3: Industrial Exposures in Aluminium Production, Coal Gasification, Coke Production, and Iron and Steel Founding

Volume 33
(1984) Polynuclear Aromatic Compounds, Part 2: Carbon Blacks, Mineral Oils and Some Nitroarenes

Volume 32
(1983) Polynuclear Aromatic Compounds, Part 1: Chemical, Environmental and Experimental Data

Volume 31
(1983) Some Food Additives, Feed Additives and Naturally Occurring Substances

Volume 30
(1983) Miscellaneous Pesticides

Volume 29
(1982) Some Industrial Chemicals and Dyestuffs

Volume 27
(1982) Some Aromatic Amines, Anthraquinones and Nitroso Compounds, and Inorganic Fluorides Used in Drinking-water and Dental Preparations

Volume 26
(1981) Some Antineoplastic and Immunosuppressive Agents

Volume 25
(1981) Wood, Leather and Some Associated Industries

Volume 24
(1980) Some Pharmaceutical Drugs

Volume 23
(1980) Some Metals and Metallic Compounds

Volume 22
(1980) Some Non-Nutritive Sweetening Agents

Volume 20
(1979) Some Halogenated Hydrocarbons

Volume 19
(1979) Some Monomers, Plastics and Synthetic Elastomers, and Acrolein

Volume 18
(1978) Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Polybrominated Biphenyls

Volume 17
(1978) Some N-Nitroso Compounds

Volume 16
(1978) Some Aromatic Amines and Related Nitro Compounds – Hair Dyes, Colouring Agents and Miscellaneous Industrial Chemicals

Volume 15
(1977) Some Fumigants, the Herbicides 2,4-D and 2,4,5-T, Chlorinated Dibenzodioxins and Miscellaneous Industrial Chemicals

Volume 13
(1977) Some Miscellaneous Pharmaceutical Substances

Volume 12
(1976) Some Carbamates, Thiocarbamates and Carbazides

Volume 11
(1976) Cadmium, Nickel, Some Epoxides, Miscellaneous Industrial Chemicals and General Considerations on Volatile Anaesthetics

Volume 10
(1976) Some Naturally Occurring Substances

Volume 9
(1975) Some Aziridines, N-, S- and O-Mustards and Selenium

Volume 8
(1975) Some Aromatic Azo Compounds

Volume 7
(1974) Some Anti-thyroid and Related Substances, Nitrofurans and Industrial Chemicals

Volume 5
(1974) Some Organochlorine Pesticides

Volume 4
(1974) Some Aromatic Amines, Hydrazine and Related Substances, N-Nitroso Compounds and Miscellaneous Alkylating Agents

Volume 3
(1973) Certain Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Heterocyclic Compounds

Volume 2
(1973) Some Inorganic and Organometallic Compounds

Volume 1
(1972) Some Inorganic Substances, Chlorinated Hydrocarbons, Aromatic Amines, N-Nitroso Compounds, and Natural Products