Cancer Incidence among Laboratory Workers in Biomedical Research and Routine Laboratories in Israel: Part I - The Cohort Study

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 600-610

  Shaham, Judith ^a   Gurvich, Rachel ^a   Kneshet, Yael ^a  

^a Occupational Health and Rehabilitation Institute Israel   (Israel)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer; Carcinogens; Laboratory workers; Leukemia; Melanoma; Occupational cancer; Ovary cancer; Prostate cancer; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIOLOGY; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RESEARCH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LABORATORY; LATENT PERIOD; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MELANOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OVARY CARCINOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROID CARCINOMA; VIROLOGY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALE; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0345690191     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10311     Document Type: Conference Paper

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