Mesothelioma incidence seems to have leveled off in Sweden [2]

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 145-146

  Hemminki, Kari ^a,b   Li, Xinjun ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOSITE; ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE; CROCIDOLITE;

AGE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; EUROPE; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LETTER; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERITONEUM MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASBESTOS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 0037211814     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10806     Document Type: Letter

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