The occurrence of cancer in a cohort of New South Wales coal miners

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-32

  Brown, Anthony M ^a   Christie, David ^a   Taylor, Richard ^b   Seccombe, Margaret A ^a   Coates, Marylon S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b New S Wales Central Cancer Registry   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; COAL WORKER; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 0030918192     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1997.tb01649.x     Document Type: Article

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