Identification of Occupational Cancer Risks in British Columbia: A Population-Based Case-Control Study of 769 Cases of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Analyzed by Histopathology Subtypes

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 479-489

  Band, Pierre R ^a   Le, Nhu D ^b   Fang, Raymond ^b   Gallagher, Richard ^b  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL; SOLVENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK FACTOR; WOOD;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 2442577302     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000126028.99599.36     Document Type: Article

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