Cancer mortality in workers exposed to phenoxy herbicides, chlorophenols, and dioxins: An expanded and updated International Cohort Study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 145, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1061-1075

  Kogevinas, Manolis ^a,b   Becher, Heiko ^c   Benn, Trevor ^d   Bertazzi, Pier Alberto ^e   Boffetta, Paolo ^a   Bueno de Mesquita, H Bas ^f   Coggon, David ^g   Colin, Didier ^a   Flesch Janys, Dieter ^h   Fingerhut, Marilyn ^h   Green, Lois ^h   Kauppinen, Timo ^h   Littorin, Margareta ^h   Lynge, Elsebeth ^h   Mathews, John D ^h   Neuberger, Manfred ^h   Pearce, Neil ^h   Saracci, Rodolfo ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^g Med Res Cncl Environ E   (United Kingdom)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Chlorophenols; Cohort studies; Dioxins; Herbicides; Mortality; Neoplasms; Occupational exposure; Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHENOL; DIOXIN; HERBICIDE;

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL CARCINOGENESIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

CANCER MORTALITY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY RISK;

USA;

EID: 0031419593     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009069     Document Type: Article

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