Increased cancer incidence in physicians, dentists, and health care workers

Oncology Reports

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1413-1418

  Eriksson, Mikael ^a   Hardell, Lennart ^b   Malker, Hans ^c   Weiner, Jan ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO MEDICAL CENTRE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c SUNDSVALL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Swedish Work Environment Authority   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer incidence; Cancer registry; Dentists; Health care workers; Physicians

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; DATA ANALYSIS; DENTIST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0031710752     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.5.6.1413     Document Type: Article

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