Colorectal cancer in asbestos cement workers in Denmark

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 267-272

  Raffn, Edith ^a,b   Villadsen, Ebbe ^a   Lynge, Elsebeth ^a  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

asbestos cement; cancer incidence; cement workers; chrysotile; colon cancer; colorectal cancer

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE;

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CEMENT INDUSTRY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASBESTOS, SERPENTINE; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029737327     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199609)30:3<267::AID-AJIM3>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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