Occupation and Risk of Meningioma and Acoustic Neuroma in the United States

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 395-407

  Rajaraman, Preetha ^a,b,e   De Roos, Anneclaire J ^c,d   Stewart, Patricia A ^a   Linet, Martha S ^a   Fine, Howard A ^e   Shapiro, William R ^f   Selker, Robert G ^g   Black, Peter M ^h   Inskip, Peter D ^a  

^a Div of Cancer Epidemiol and Genet   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Case control; Occupation; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2342509130     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10363     Document Type: Article

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