Risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma associated with occupational exposure to solvents, metals, organic dusts and PCBs (Australia)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 599-607

  Fritschi, Lin ^a,f   Benke, Geza ^b   Hughes, Ann M ^c   Kricker, Anne ^c   Vajdic, Claire M ^d   Grulich, Andrew ^d   Turner, Jennifer ^e   Milliken, Samuel ^e   Kaldor, John ^d   Armstrong, Bruce K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f VIERTEL CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN CANCER CONTROL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Non Hodgkin lymphoma; Occupation; Solvents; Wood dust

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; METAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SOLVENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CALCULATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC DUST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELEPHONE; WOOD DUST; WORK;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOLVENTS; WOOD;

EID: 21644440031     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-004-7845-0     Document Type: Article

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