Mortality and cancer incidence among Swedish paint industry workers with long-term exposure to organic solvents

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 270-275

  Lundberg, Ingvar ^a   Milatou Smith, Rodothea ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Multiple myeloma; Prostatic cancer; Update; Xylene

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; ORGANIC SOLVENT;

BENZENE; CANCER; MANUFACTURING; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM TUMOR; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINT INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0031664670     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.320     Document Type: Article

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