Occupational sunlight exposure and cancer incidence among Swedish construction workers

Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 552-557

  Håkansson, Niclas ^a,b   Floderus, Birgitta ^a,b   Gustavsson, Per ^a,c   Feychting, Maria ^a   Hallin, Nils ^d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^d Safety and Health Bygghälsan of the Swedish Construction Industry   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer; Construction industry; Immune system; Lymphoma; Outdoor work; Skin cancer; Stomach cancer; Sunlight

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHOROID MELANOMA; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE TUMOR; HEAD TUMOR; HUMAN; LIP CANCER; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NECK TUMOR; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER; SUNLIGHT; SWEDEN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; SWEDEN;

EID: 0034892762     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200109000-00015     Document Type: Article

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