Occupational risk factors for subgroups of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma

Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 551-558

  Tatham, Lilith ^a   Tolbert, Paige ^b   Kjeldsberg, Carl ^c  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control study; Meat processing; Non Hodgkin's lymphoma; Occupational risk factors; Solvents

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLICULAR LYMPHOMA; HUMAN; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPHOMA, DIFFUSE; LYMPHOMA, FOLLICULAR; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL; LYMPHOMA, SMALL-CELL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030929528     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199709000-00013     Document Type: Article

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