Epidemiologic evidence of cancer risk in textile industry workers: A review and update

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 171-181

  Mastrangelo, Giuseppe ^a   Fedeli, Ugo ^a   Fadda, Emanuela ^a   Milan, Giovanni ^a   Lange, John H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b ENVIROSAFE TRAINING AND CONSULTANTS   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer risk; epidemiology; lung cancer; meta analysis; occupational diseases; textile industry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; LUNG BURDEN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILE WORKER; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ADULT; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORING AGENTS; COTTON FIBER; DUST; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; WORKPLACE;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; PLOCEINAE;

EID: 0041736544     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0748233702th139rr     Document Type: Article

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