Occupation-related risks for colorectal cancer

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1985, Pages 813-821

  Spiegelman, Donna ^a   Wegman, David H ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUEL OIL; SOLVENT;

AGE; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; LARGE INTESTINE; OCCUPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NUTRITION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0022370632     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/75.5.813     Document Type: Article

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