Male cancer incidence by occupation: New Zealand, 1972-1984

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 14-21

  Firth, H M ^a   Cooke, K R ^a   Herbison, G P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cancer; Descriptive epidemiology; Monitoring; Occupational health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CARPENTER; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL CARCINOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; SOCIOECONOMICS; STOMACH CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030022636     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/25.1.14     Document Type: Article

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