Cancer incidence in a cohort of Swedish sewage workers: Extended follow up

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 672-673

  Friis, Lennart ^a   Mikoczy, Zoli ^b   Hagmar, Lars ^b   Edling, Christer ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer; Epidemiology; Sewage workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SEWAGE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH CANCER;

EID: 0032860166     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.56.10.672     Document Type: Article

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