Lymphoma, myeloma and occupation: Results of a case-control study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 498-503

  Fritschi, Lin ^a   Siemiatycki, Jack ^a  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; AMMONIA; BEER; CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COPPER; ETHNIC GROUPS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPHOMA; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXTILES;

EID: 0029809004     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19960807)67:4<498::AID-IJC6>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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