Occupational risk factors for prostate cancer: Results from a case-control study in Montréal, Québec, Canada

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 363-373

  Aronson, Kristan J ^a,e   Siemiatycki, Jack ^b,c   Dewar, Ronald ^b   Gérin, Michel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carcinogens; Fossil fuels; Industrial oils; Metals; Occupational exposure; Prostatic neoplasms; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

COAL; LUBRICATING AGENT; METAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PROSTATE CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0030056257     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008750     Document Type: Article

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