Cancer morbidity in workers at aluminum foundries and secondary aluminum smelters

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 467-477

  Seldén, Anders I ^a,b   Westberg, Håkan B ^a,b   Axelson, Olav ^b  

^a ÖREBRO MEDICAL CENTRE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Anorectal cancer; Bladder cancer; Cancer epidemiology; Foundry workers; Hexachlorobenzene; Hexachloroethane; Liver cancer; Lung cancer; Organochlorine compounds; Sinonasal cancer

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMELTER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALUMINUM; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030884603     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199711)32:5<467::AID-AJIM6>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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