Occupational cancer research in the Nordic countries

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1999, Pages 233-238

  Kjærheim, Kristina ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cancer; Denmark; Epidemiology; Finland; Iceland; Norway; Occupation; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ARSENIC; ASBESTOS; BENZENE; CHROMIUM; HERBICIDE; NICKEL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RADON; RADON DAUGHTER; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOLVENT;

CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; DENMARK; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; ICELAND; MALE; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; PAINT INDUSTRY; PARENT; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SWEDEN; WOOD DUST;

EID: 0033063771     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107s2233     Document Type: Review

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