Occupational exposures and squamous cell carcinoma of the oral cavity, pharynx, larynx, and oesophagus: A case-control study in Sweden

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 393-400

  Gustavsson, Per ^a   Jakobsson, Robert ^a   Johansson, Hemming ^a   Lewin, Freddi ^a   Norell, Staffan ^b   Rutkvist, Lars Erik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; FORMALDEHYDE; MINERAL FIBER; NICKEL; OIL; PHENOXYACETIC ACID; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FUME; HUMAN; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SWEDEN; WELDING; WOOD DUST;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0031807590     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.55.6.393     Document Type: Article

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