Cutaneous melanoma: Hints from occupational risks by anatomic site in Swedish men

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 117-126

  Perez Gomez, B ^a   Pollan M ^a   Gustavsson, P ^b   Plato, N ^b   Aragones N ^a   Lopez Abente G ^a  

^a CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIST; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN TUMOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER;

ADULT; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SWEDEN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0942268783     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2002.006320     Document Type: Article

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