Cohort cancer incidence among pulp and paper mill workers in British Columbia

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 113-119

  Band, Pierre R ^a,b,d   Le, Nhu D ^a   Fang, Raymond ^a   Astrakianakis, George ^a   Bert, Joel ^c   Keefe, Anya ^a,c   Krewski, Daniel ^b,d  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Kraft; Leukemias; Prostate cancer; Rectal cancer; Stomach cancer; Sulfite

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; SULFATE; SULFITE;

CANCER; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; OCCUPATION; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MELANOMA; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAPER INDUSTRY; PLEURA CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PULP MILL; RECTUM CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; WORKING TIME;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 0035016062     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.597     Document Type: Article

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