A case-control study of soft-tissue sarcoma

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 665-674

  Zahm, Shelia Hoar ^a   Blair, Aaron ^a   Holmes, Frederick F ^b   Boysen, Cathy D ^b   Robel, Robert J ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chioramphenicoi; Clofibrate; Neoplasms; Occupational diseases; Radiation; Sarcoma; Smokeless; Tobacco; Wood

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLOFIBRATE; HYPOCHOLESTEROLEMIC AGENT; SMOKELESS TOBACCO;

BRAIN CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL CANCER; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LYMPHOMA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RADIATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN CANCER; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEVERAGES; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KANSAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OCCUPATIONS; PLANTS, TOXIC; RISK FACTORS; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TOBACCO, SMOKELESS; WOOD;

EID: 0024469956     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115388     Document Type: Article

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