Arc and resistance welding and tumors of the endocrine glands: A Swedish case-control study with focus on extremely low frequency magnetic fields

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 304-308

  Hakansson N ^a   Stenlund, C ^b   Gustavsson, P ^c   Johansen, C ^d   Floderus, B ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^c Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

^d INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADRENAL TUMOR; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; INCIDENCE; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARATHYROID TUMOR; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX; WELDING; WORKPLACE;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; ENDOCRINE GLAND NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETICS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARATHYROID NEOPLASMS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SOLVENTS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; WELDING;

EID: 17844402478     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2004.015479     Document Type: Article

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