Melanoma and occupation: Results of a case-control study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 168-173

  Fritschi, Lin ^a   Siemiatycki, Jack ^a  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case control; Melanoma; Occupational exposures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0029972707     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.53.3.168     Document Type: Article

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