Risk of cancer amongst danish electricity workers;Risiko for kræft blant danske elarbejdere: En kohorteundersøgelse

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 161, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 2079-2085

  Johansen, Christoffer ^a   Olsen, Joørgen H ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033525954     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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