Occupational exposure to polyvinyl chloride as a risk factor for testicular cancer evaluated in a case-control study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 828-830

  Hardell, Lennart ^a   Ohlson, Carl Göran ^a   Fredrikson, Mats ^b  

^a ÖREBRO MEDICAL CENTRE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CRYPTORCHISM; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORCHITIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEMINOMA; TESTIS TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRYPTORCHIDISM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; ORCHITIS; PLASTICS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; RISK FACTORS; SEMINOMA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031564171     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19971210)73:6<828::AID-IJC10>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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