Risk of pancreatic cancer and occupational exposures in Spain

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 391-403

  Alguacil, Juan ^a   Kauppinen, Timo ^b   Porta, Miquel ^a,c   Partanen, Timo ^b   Malats, Núria ^a,c   Kogevinas, Manolis ^a,c   Benavides, Fernando G ^a,d   Obiols, Jordi ^e   Bernal, Félix ^e   Rifà, Juli ^f   Carrato, Alfredo ^g  

^a INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^e Inst Nac Seguridad Higiene El T   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL SON DURETA   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ELCHE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benzo a pyrene; Cancer; Dyes; FINJEM; Neoplasms; Pancreas; Pesticides; Solvents

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CARCINOGENS; DYES; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; LEAD; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ONCOLOGY; PESTICIDES; PIGMENTS;

ANILINE DERIVATIVES; BENZOPYRENES; PANCREATIC CANCER;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ANILINE DERIVATIVE; ARSENIC DERIVATIVE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; LEAD; PESTICIDE; SULFUR DERIVATIVE; VOLATILE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN;

EID: 0034254535     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(99)00119-2     Document Type: Article

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