Cancer in the Norwegian printing industry

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 36-43

  Kvam, Bård M N ^a   Romundstad, Pål Rikard ^a,b   Boffetta, Paolo ^a,c   Andersen, Aage ^a  

^a CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Cohort study; Liver cancer; Male trade union members; Occupation; Social class

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CARCINOGEN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LARYNX CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL CARCINOGENESIS; PANCREAS CANCER; PRINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; STOMACH CANCER; TRADE UNION; WORKER;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; OSLO [NORWAY]; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 14844341273     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.846     Document Type: Article

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