Firefighting and risk of testicular cancer: Results from a German population-based case-control study

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 291-294

  Stang, Andreas ^a   Jöckel, Karl Heinz ^a   Baumgardt Elms, Cornelia ^b   Ahrens, Wolfgang ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Hamburg Cancer Registry   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Case control studies; Germany; Multicenter; Occupation; Study; Testicular neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; DISEASE ACTIVITY; EVALUATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FIRE FIGHTER; GERMANY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; TESTIS CANCER;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FIRES; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0344407504     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10178     Document Type: Article

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