Occupation and the risk of laryngeal cancer in Uruguay

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 537-542

  De Stefani, Eduardo ^a   Boffetta, Paolo ^b   Oreggia, Fernando ^c   Ronco, Alvaro ^a   Kogevinas, Manolis ^b   Mendilaharsu, Maria ^a  

^a Registro Nacional de Cancer Montevideo   (Uruguay)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c Academia Nacional de Medicina   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Fungicides; Job title; Laryngeal cancer; Strong acids; Substances; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; INORGANIC ACID; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; URUGUAY;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; RISK; SMOKING; URUGUAY;

EID: 0031804357     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199806)33:6<537::AID-AJIM3>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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