Gender differences in risk of renal cell carcinoma and occupational exposures to chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 54-59

  Dosemeci, Mustafa ^a   Cocco, Pierluigi ^b   Chow, Wong Ho ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chlorinated hydrocarbons; Renal cell cancer; Solvents; Trichloroethylene

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; ORGANIC SOLVENT; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ADULT; CANCER RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; SEX FACTORS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 0032982150     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199907)36:1<54::AID-AJIM8>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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