Update of cancer incidence among workers at a copper/nickel smelter and nickel refinery

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 245-250

  Anttila, Ahti ^a   Pukkala, Eero ^a   Aitio, Antero ^b   Rantanen, Timo ^c   Karjalainen, Sakari ^d  

^a FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c Outokumpu Oyj   (Finland)

^d ACADEMY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Nickel sulfate; Occupational exposure; Record linkage

Indexed keywords

COPPER; NICKEL; NICKEL SULFATE;

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SMELTER; STOMACH CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; COHORT STUDIES; COPPER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NICKEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; REGISTRIES; RISK;

EID: 0031748121     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050276     Document Type: Article

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