Case-control studies of cancer in New Zealand electrical workers

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 55-59

  Pearce, Neil ^a   Reif, John ^b   Fraser, James ^c  

^a WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c National Health Statistics Centre ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER; ELECTRICAL WORKERS; LEUKAEMIA; POWER STATION OPERATORS;

NEW ZEALAND;

CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ELECTRICITY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0024475697     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/18.1.55     Document Type: Article

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