Cancer risks among workers exposed to metalworking fluids: A systematic review

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 282-292

  Calvert, Geoffrey M ^a   Ward, Elizabeth ^a   Schnorr, Teresa M ^a   Fine, Lawrence J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Industrial oils; Laryngeal cancer; Nitrosamines; Occupation; Pancreatic cancer; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Rectal cancer; Scrotal cancer; Skin neoplasms

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; NITROSAMINE; OIL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; POPULATION RESEARCH; RECTUM CANCER; SKIN CANCER;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, MALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL OILS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LUBRICATION; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MEDICAL RECORDS; METALLURGY; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SCROTUM; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; UNITED STATES; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031915052     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199803)33:3<282::AID-AJIM10>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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