Urothelial cancer of the bladder in an area of former coal, iron, and steel industries in Germany: A case-control study

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 79-84

  Golka, Klaus ^a,b   Bandel, Tiemo ^a   Schlaefke, Sandra ^b   Reich, Susanne E ^b   Reckwitz, Thomas ^c   Urfer, Wolfgang ^b   Bremicker, Karl Dieter ^d   Neugebauer, Wolfgang ^e   Soekeland, Juergen ^c   Bolt, Hermann M ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

^b TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c KLINIKUM DORTMUND   (Germany)

^d St Josefs Hospital ^*  (Germany)

^e St Josefs Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Bladder neoplasm; Case control study; Chemical workers; Occupational risk factors; Smoking; Underground hard coal miners

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COAL MINING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; UROTHELIUM;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COAL MINING; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 0032034745     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.1998.4.2.79     Document Type: Article

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