Ovarian cancer and occupational exposures in Finland

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-89

  Vasama Neuvonen, Kaisa ^a   Pukkala, Eero ^b   Paakkulainen, Harri ^a   Mutanen, Pertti ^a   Weiderpass, Elisabete ^a,c   Boffetta, Paolo ^d   Shen, Ningyan ^e   Kauppinen, Timo ^a   Vainio, Harri ^d   Partanen, Timo ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Cancer; Engine exhaust; Exposure; Job exposure matrix; Leather dust; Man made vitreous fibers; Occupation; Ovary; Solvents

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ASBESTOS; GASOLINE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; FIBER; HUMAN; LEATHER INDUSTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OVARY CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0033013970     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199907)36:1<83::AID-AJIM12>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Conference Paper

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