Occupational cancer in central European countries

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1999, Pages 279-282

  Fabiánovà, Eleonóra ^a   Szeszenia Dabrowska, Neonila ^b   Kjærheim, Kristina ^c,d   Boffetta, Paolo ^c  

^a State Health Institute   (Slovakia)

^b NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^d CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cancer; Czech Republic; Epidemiology; Hungary; Occupation; Poland; Slovakia

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; CHEMICAL AGENT;

ASBESTOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; IONIZING RADIATION; LUNG CANCER; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN CANCER; SLOVAKIA; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 0345211496     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.107-1566282     Document Type: Short Survey

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