Wood-dust Exposures and Cancer of the Colon

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 179-183

  Simpson, Cathy L ^a,b,d   Garabrant, David H ^a   Fryzek, Jon ^a   Homa, David M ^a   Peters, Ruth K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Occupational exposure; Wood

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLON TUMOR; DUST; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; WOOD;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DUST; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; WOOD;

EID: 0032107345     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.1998.4.3.179     Document Type: Article

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