Occupations with increased risk of pancreatic cancer in the Swedish population

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 570-576

  Alguacil, J ^b   Pollan M ^a   Gustavsson, P ^c  

^a CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED GROUPS BY OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0042591260     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.8.570     Document Type: Article

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