Cancer in the Semiconductor Industry

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 95-97

  Fisher, Jim ^a  

^a Journalist Saloncom   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL; ORGANIC SOLVENT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; EDITORIAL; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRONICS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FUME; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEMICONDUCTOR; STOMACH CANCER; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0036523341     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039890209602922     Document Type: Article

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