Cancer mortality among shoe manufacturing workers: An analysis of two cohorts

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 394-398

  Fu, Hua ^a,b   Demers, Paul A ^a,c   Seniori Costantini, Adele ^d   Winter, Paul ^e   Colin, Didier ^a   Kogevinas, Manolis ^a,f   Boffetta, Paolo ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^e MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^f INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

benzene; leather dust; leukaemia; malignant neoplasms; nasal cancer; shoe workers; solvents

Indexed keywords

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; HUMAN; ITALY; KIDNEY CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHOE INDUSTRY;

EID: 0029888455     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.53.6.394     Document Type: Article

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