Health effects of working in pulp and paper mills: Malignant diseases

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-130

  Torén, Kjell ^a   Persson, Bodil ^b   Wingren, Gun ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

asbestos; leukemias; lung cancer; lymphomas; mesotheliomas; review; stomach cancer

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CHLORINE; SULFATE; SULFITE; TERPENE;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MESOTHELIOMA; PAPER INDUSTRY; PULP MILL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STOMACH CANCER; WOOD DUST; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0030042819     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199602)29:2<123::AID-AJIM2>3.3.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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