Renal cell cancer risk and occupational exposure to trichloroethylene: Results of a consecutive case-control study in Arnsberg, Germany

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 274-285

  Brüning, Thomas ^a,b   Pesch, Beate ^b,c   Wiesenhütter, Bernd ^a,b   Rabstein, Sylvia ^b   Lammert, Marga ^d   Baumüller, Axel ^e   Bolt, Hermann M ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

^b INSTITUT DER RUHR UNIVERSITÄT BOCHUM IPA   (Germany)

^c IUF LEIBNIZ RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^d Urologische Abteilung ^*  (Germany)

^e Karolinen Hospital Hüsten   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case control study; Job exposure matrix; Nephrocarcinogenicity; Occupational exposure; Renal cell carcinoma; Trichloroethene; Trichloroethylene

Indexed keywords

TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EMPLOYMENT; EVALUATION; EXPERT SYSTEM; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM;

AGED; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SOLVENTS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

EID: 0345270447     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10185     Document Type: Article

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