Occupational risk factors for lung cancer in women: Results of a case- control study in Germany

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 90-100

  Jahn, Ingeborg ^a   Ahrens, Wolfgang ^a   Brüske Hohlfeld, Irene ^b   Kreuzer, Michaela ^b   Möhner, Matthias ^c   Pohlabeln, Hermann ^a   Wichmann, Heinz Erich ^b   Jöckel, Karl Heinz ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case control study; Etiology; Lung cancer; Occupation; Women

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0033013971     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199907)36:1<90::AID-AJIM13>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Conference Paper

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