Upper aerodigestive cancer in battery manufacturers and steel workers exposed to mineral acid mists

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 445-449

  Coggon, David ^a,b   Pannett, Brian ^a   Wield, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acid mists; aerodigestive; cancer; larynx

Indexed keywords

INORGANIC ACID; SULFURIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BATTERY INDUSTRY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; HUMAN; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; LARYNX CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029680962     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.53.7.445     Document Type: Article

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