Cancer incidence among foundry workers in denmark

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 75-81

  Sherson, David ^a   Svane, Ole ^b   Lynge, Elsebeth ^c  

^a LILLEBAELT HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Danish Labour Inspection Service ^*  (Denmark)

^c Danish Cancer Registry   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FOUNDRY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; METALLURGY; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SILICOSIS; TIME FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0025967014     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039896.1991.9937432     Document Type: Article

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