Incidence of cancer among workers exposed to vinyl chloride in polyvinyl chloride manufacture

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-68

  Langard S ^a   Rosenberg, J ^b   Andersen, A ^c   Heldaas, S S ^d  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^d NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Cohort study; Exposure; Melanomas; Spinocellular cancers

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SKIN CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; TESTIS CANCER; THYROID CANCER;

COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

EID: 0033627464     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.57.1.65     Document Type: Article

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