Occupation and larynx and hypopharynx cancer: A job-exposure matrix approach in an international case-control study in France, Italy, Spain and Switzerland

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 213-223

  Berrino, Franco ^a   Richiardi, Lorenzo ^b,c   Boffetta, Paolo ^c,d   Estève, Jacques ^d,e   Belletti, Isabella ^a   Raymond, Luc ^f   Troschel, Loredana ^a   Pisani, Paola ^d   Zubiri, Lourdes ^g   Ascunce, Nieves ^h   Gubéran, Etienne ⁱ   Tuyns, Albert ^d   Terracini, Benedetto ^b   Merletti, Franco ^b,j   Arduini, Lorenzo ^k   Baldasseroni, Alberto ^k   Continenza, Dario ^k   Crosignani, Paolo ^k   Ferrario, Filippo ^k   Macaluso, Maurizio ^k   Magnani, Corrado ^k   Merler, Enzo ^k   more..

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^f GENEVA CANCER REGISTRY   (Switzerland)

^g Cancer Registry of Zaragoza   (Spain)

^h INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE NAVARRA   (Spain)

ⁱ Geneva Medical Inspectorate of Factories   (Switzerland)

^j Unit of Cancer Epidemiology   (Italy)

^k NONE

more..

Author keywords

Asbestos; Hypopharynx cancer; Job exposure matrix; Larynx cancer; Occupation; Solvents

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ASBESTOS; CHROMIUM; FORMALDEHYDE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FRANCE; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; ITALY; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SPAIN; SWITZERLAND; WOOD DUST;

ADULT; AGED; ASBESTOS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 0038662674     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023661206177     Document Type: Article

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