Preferred Label : Coal Tar Pitch;
NCIt synonyms : Coal Tar Pitches;
NCIt definition : A shiny, dark brown to black by-product of the distillation of coal tars and contains
various polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and their methyl and polymethyl derivatives,
as well as hetero-nuclear compounds. Coal tar pitch is mainly used as a binder for
aluminum smelting electrodes, but is also used in coating surfaces, in roofing materials,
to impregnate and strengthen refractory brick and is used to produce pitch coke. Coal
tar pitch exposure leads to an increased risk of developing skin, lung, bladder, kidney
and digestive-tract cancer as well as leukemia. It is known to be a human carcinogen.
(NCI05);
Origin ID : C44359;
UMLS CUI : C1707423;
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- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
