Mortality and cancer incidence among laboratory technicians in medical research and routine laboratories (Sweden)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-64

  Gustavsson, Per ^a,c   Reuterwall, Christina ^b,c   Sadigh, Jonas ^a   Söderholm, Monica ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lympho proliferative disorders; Lymphoma; Malignant neoplasms; Occupational diseases

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AGENT;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LABORATORIES; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033012197     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008892830922     Document Type: Article

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