Cancer risks in hairdressers: Assessment of carcinogenicity of hair dyes and gels

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 108-112

  Czene, Kamila ^a,c   Tiikkaja, Sanna ^a   Hemminki, Kari ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c Department of Biosciences at Novum ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Cancer risk; Hair dyes; Hairdressers; Skin cancer

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; HAIR DYE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOGENESIS; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CARCINOMA IN SITU; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAIRDRESSER; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CARCINOMA; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEAUTY CULTURE; DATABASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAIR DYES; HAIR PREPARATIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037457671     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11040     Document Type: Article

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