Occupation and thyroid cancer risk in Sweden

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 948-957

  Lope, Virginia ^a   Pollán, Marina ^b   Gustavsson, Per ^b,c   Plato, Nils ^c   Pérez Gómez, Beatriz ^a   Aragonés, Nuria ^a   Suárez, Berta ^a   Carrasco, José Miguel ^a   Rodríguez, Silvia ^a   Ramis, Rebeca ^a   Boldo, Elena ^a   López Abente, Gonzalo ^a  

^a CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^b STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CANCER RISK; CARPENTER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGER; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; POLICE; PRISON; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOE INDUSTRY; SWEDEN; TEACHER; THYROID CANCER; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 24944434762     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000169564.21523.5d     Document Type: Article

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