Lung and bladder cancer among workers in a Norwegian aluminium reduction plant

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 495-499

  Romundstad, Pål ^a,b   Haldorsen, Tor ^a   Andersen, Aage ^a  

^a CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cancer incidence; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Soderberg

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034125133     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.57.7.495     Document Type: Article

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