Cancer occurrence among European mercury miners

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 591-599

  Boffetta, Paolo ^a   Garcia Gómez, Montserrat ^b   Pompe Kirn, Vera ^c   Zaridze, David ^d   Bellander, Tom ^e   Bulbulyan, Mariana ^d   Caballero, Jose Diego ^f   Ceccarelli, Franco ^g   Colin, Didier ^a   Dizdarevic, Tatjana ^h   Español, Santiago ^e   Kobal, Alfred ^h   Petrova, Nina ⁱ   Sällsten, Gerd ^j   Merler, Enzo ^a,k  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b Ministry of Health   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^d N N BLOKHIN RUSSIAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

^e Department of Environmental Health ^*  (Spain)

^f Industrial and Occupational Service   (Spain)

^g DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY   (Italy)

^h Idrija Mercury Mine   (Slovenia)

ⁱ Nikitovka Sanitary Station   (Ukraine)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^k INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY AND PREVENTION OF CANCER   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Epidemiology; Inorganic mercury; Mining; Occupational health

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; RADON; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ITALY; KIDNEY CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINING; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOVENIA; SPAIN; UKRAINE;

CARCINOGENS; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; MINING; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 0032439451     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008849208686     Document Type: Article

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