Exposure to cement dust, related occupational groups and laryngeal cancer risk: Results of a population based case-control study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 907-911

  Dietz, Andreas ^a,d   Ramroth, Heribert ^b   Urban, Tobias ^a   Ahrens, Wolfgang ^c   Becher, Heiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

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

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cement dust; Construction industry; Epidemiology; Laryngeal carcinoma; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DUST; FEMALE; GERMANY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING HABIT; TOXICITY TESTING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DUST; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; TOBACCO;

EID: 1642518563     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11658     Document Type: Article

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