Wastewater exposure and health - A comparative study of two occupational groups

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 595-598

  Hansen, E S ^a   Hilden, J ^a   Klausen, H ^b   Rosdahl, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Occupational Health Service of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^c Medical Office of Health   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; HUMAN; LIVER CARCINOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER;

COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0041589259     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.8.595     Document Type: Article

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