Cancer mortality during the 1968-1994 period in a mining area in France

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 297-301

  Dondon, M G ^a   De Vathaire, F ^a   Quenel P ^b   Frery N ^b  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^b National Institute for Public Health Surveillance   (France)

Author keywords

Cancer mortality; Environmental study; Geographical study; Lung cancer; Metal industry

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHARYNX CANCER; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARSENIC; FEMALE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 20344366562     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008469-200506000-00017     Document Type: Article

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