Occupational exposures and gastric cancer

Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 48-55

  Parent, Marie Élise ^a,d   Siemiatycki, Jack ^a,b   Fritschi, Lin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dust; Gasoline; Occupation; Occupational exposures; Silica; Stomach neoplasms

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH CANCER;

EID: 0031975948     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199801000-00011     Document Type: Article

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