Smoking as a confounder in case-control studies of occupational bladder cancer in women

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-82

  'T Mannetje, Andrea ^a   Kogevinas, Manolis ^a   Chang Claude, Jenny ^b   Cordier, Sylvaine ^c   González, Carlos Alberto ^d   Hours, Martine ^e   Jöckel, Karl Heinz ^f   Bolm Audorff, Ulrich ^g   Lynge, Elsebeth ^h   Porru, Stefano ⁿ   Donato, Francesco ⁿ   Ranft, Ulrich ⁱ   Serra, Consol ^j   Tzonou, Anastasia ^k   Vineis, Paolo ^l   Wahrendorf, Jürgen ^b   Boffetta, Paolo ^m  

^a INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d Inst Recerca Epidemiologica i Clin   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^f Biometrie und Epidemiologie   (Germany)

^g Hessisches Ministerium Umwelt E   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁱ HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^j Programes i Serveis Sanitaris   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^l Unit of Cancer Epidemiology   (Italy)

^m INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

ⁿ Inst Munic d'Investigacio Medica ^*

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Author keywords

Bladder neoplasms; Confounding factors; Occupational exposure; Smoking; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLADDER CANCER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0032981628     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199907)36:1<75::AID-AJIM11>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Conference Paper

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