Cancer risks in naval divers with multiple exposures to carcinogens

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 609-617

  Richter, Elihu D ^a   Friedman, Lee S ^a   Tamir, Yuval ^a   Berman, Tamar ^a   Levy, Or ^a   Westin, Jerome B ^a   Peretz, Tamar ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cancer; Diving; Heavy metals; Multiple exposures; Naval divers; Petroleum derivatives; Solvents; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOL; ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; AMMONIA; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; BORON; BROMOFORM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CARCINOGEN; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DETERGENT; FLUORIDE; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MERCURY; MINERAL OIL; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; NITROGEN FERTILIZER; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SULFATE; ZINC;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ANIMAL DISEASE; CANCER RISK; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DIVER; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIP; SKIN CANCER; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0038408607     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.5901     Document Type: Review

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