Metal workers and repairmen at risk for prostate cancer: A review

Prostate

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 107-116

  Van Der Gulden, J W J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

metal workers; occupational risk factors; prostate cancer; repairmen

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL CARCINOGENESIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031026312     PISSN: 02704137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0045(19970201)30:2<107::AID-PROS6>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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