Occupational risk factors for cancer of the gastric cardia. Analysis of death certificates from 24 US States

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 855-861

  Cocco, Pierluigi ^b   Ward, Mary H ^a   Dosemeci, Mustafa ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; FERTILIZER; HERBICIDE; LEAD; NITROGEN OXIDE; NITROSAMINE; PESTICIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SULFURIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARDIA CARCINOMA; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OCCUPATIONAL CARCINOGENESIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ASBESTOS; CARDIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEATH CERTIFICATES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

PIERINAE;

EID: 0031727079     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199810000-00004     Document Type: Article

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