Hodgkin's disease, pharyngeal cancer, and soft tissue sarcomas in Danish paper mill workers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 55-62

  Rix, Bo Andreassen ^a   Villadsen, Ebbe ^a   Engholm, Gerda ^a   Lynge, Elsebeth ^a  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; DENMARK; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PAPER INDUSTRY; PHARYNX CANCER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAPER; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SARCOMA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031890555     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199801000-00011     Document Type: Article

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