Biliary tract cancers among textile and other workers in Shanghai, China

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 36-40

  Chow, Wong Ho ^a   Ji, Bu Tian ^b,c   Dosemeci, Mustafa ^a   McLaughlin, Joseph K ^a,d   Gao, Yu Tang ^b   Fraumeni Jr , Joseph F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI CANCER INSTITUTE   (China)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

biliary tract cancers; China; occupational risks; registry linkage study; textile work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK FACTOR; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 0029765089     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199607)30:1<36::AID-AJIM6>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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