Study of cancer incidence among 8530 male workers in eight Norwegian plants producing ferrosilicon and silicon metal

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 625-631

  Hobbesland, Ånund ^a   Kjuus, Helge ^b   Thelle, Dag S ^c  

^a TELEMARK HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Amorphous silica; Ferroalloy; Lung

Indexed keywords

IRON DERIVATIVE; SILICON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; FURNACE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TESTIS CANCER;

EID: 0032813118     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.56.9.625     Document Type: Article

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