Interactive effect of chemical substances and occupational electromagnetic field exposure on the risk of gliomas and meningiomas in Swedish men

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1678-1683

  Navas Acién, Ana ^a   Pollán, Marina ^a   Gustavsson, Per ^b,c   Floderus, Birgitta ^c,d   Plato, Nils ^b,c   Dosemeci, Mustafa ^e  

^a CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^b STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^e National Institute for Working Life ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; HERBICIDE; LEAD; PESTICIDE; PETROLEUM DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLIOMA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INORGANIC CHEMICALS; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN;

EID: 0036916397     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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