Risk of bladder cancer in foundry workers: A meta-analysis

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 655-663

  Gaertner, Reimar R W ^a   Theriault G P ^b  

^a Workplace Safety and Insurance Board   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BLADDER CARCINOMA; CALCULATION; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXPOSURE; FOUNDRY; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; META ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMELTER; SMOKING; WORKER;

HUMANS; MALE; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036796920     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.59.10.655     Document Type: Review

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