Occupational risk factors for mortality from stomach and lung cancer among rubber workers: An analysis using internal controls and refined exposure assessment

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1037-1043

  Straif, Kurt ^a   Chambless, Lloyd ^b   Weiland, Stephan K ^a   Wienke, Andreas ^a   Bungers, Martina ^a   Taeger, Dirk ^a   Keil, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Hazard rate ratios; Lung cancer; Rubber industry; Standardized mortality ratios; Stomach cancer

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CARBON; NITROSAMINE; RUBBER;

CANCER; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DUST; GERMANY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MORTALITY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RUBBER INDUSTRY; STOMACH CANCER; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

GERMANY;

EID: 0033384687     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/28.6.1037     Document Type: Article

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