A nested case-control study of bladder cancer incidence in a steel manufacturing plant

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 393-398

  Mallin, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder neoplasms; Furnace operators; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Steel manufacturing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INCIDENCE; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STEEL; SURVIVAL RATE; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031657754     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199810)34:4<393::AID-AJIM14>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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