Risk of nervous system cancer among workers exposed to lead

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-136

  Anttila, Ahti ^a   Heikkilä, Pirjo ^a   Nykyri, Erkki ^a   Kauppinen, Timo ^a   Pukkala, Eero ^b   Hernberg, Sven ^a   Hemminki, Kari ^a,c  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; GLIOMA; HUMAN; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEAD POISONING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FINLAND; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; RISK;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029989305     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199602000-00010     Document Type: Article

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