Carpenters, cabinetmakers, and risk of testicular germ cell cancer

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 299-305

  Stang, Andreas ^a,b   Ahrens, Wolfgang ^b,c   Baumgardt Elms, Cornelia ^d   Bromen, Katja ^b   Stegmaier, Christa ^e   Jöckel, Karl Heinz ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITÄT HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^d Hamburg Cancer Registry   (Germany)

^e SAARLAND CANCER REGISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER RISK; CARPENTER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TESTIS CANCER; WORKER;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; ODDS RATIO; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; WOOD;

EID: 14944354228     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000155716.63919.0a     Document Type: Article

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