Mortality from scrotal cancer in metal machinists in England and Wales, 1979-80 and 1982-90

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-70

  Coggon, D ^a,b   Inskip, H ^a   Winter, P ^a   Pannett, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SCROTUM; SCROTUM DISORDER;

EID: 0030051712     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/46.1.69     Document Type: Article

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