Testicular cancer, occupation and exposure to chemical agents among Finnish men in 1971-1995

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 97-103

  Guo, Johannes ^a   Pukkala, Eero ^b   Kyyrönen, Pentti ^b   Lindbohm, Marja Liisa ^a   Heikkilä, Pirjo ^a   Kauppinen, Timo ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chemicals; Occupational exposure; Occupations; Seminoma; Testicular neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ALICYCLIC HYDROCARBON; ALIPHATIC COMPOUND; CHEMICAL AGENT; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENGINEERING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAILWAY EMPLOYEE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMINOMA; TEACHER; TESTIS CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; ENGINEERING; FACULTY; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROCARBONS, ALICYCLIC; INCIDENCE; INFORMATICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOXAE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; PESTICIDES; RAILROADS; SEMINOMA; SOLVENTS; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TEXTILES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 18844365925     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-004-2236-0     Document Type: Article

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