Risk of upper aerodigestive tract cancers in a case-cohort study of autoworkers exposed to metalworking fluids

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 426-431

  Zeka, A ^a   Eisen, E A ^a   Kriebel, D ^a   Gore, R ^a   Wegman, D H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOMA; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; STOMACH CARCINOMA; AGED; CAR; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; INCIDENCE; LARYNX TUMOR; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; STOMACH TUMOR;

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AGED; AUTOMOBILES; COHORT STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRIAL OILS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 2442592750     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2003.010157     Document Type: Article

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