Lung cancer risk of workers in shoe manufacture and repair

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 575-580

  Jöckel, Karl Heinz ^a   Pohlabeln, Hermann ^b   Bolm Audorff, Ulrich ^c   Brüske Hohlfeld, Irene ^d   Wichmann, H Erich ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^c Labour Inspection   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asbestos exposure; Case control study; Leather dust; Lung cancer; Occupational history; Population controls; Shoemaker years; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEATHER INDUSTRY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SHOE INDUSTRY; SMOKING HABIT;

ADULT; AGED; ASBESTOSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SHOES; SMOKING;

EID: 0342749285     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(200006)37:6<575::AID-AJIM1>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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