Associations between several sites of cancer and occupational exposure to benzene, toluene, xylene, and styrene: Results of a case-control study in Montreal

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 144-156

  Gérin, Michel ^a   Siemiatycki, Jack ^b,c   Désy, Marie ^b   Krewski, Daniel ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benzene; Case control study; Colon; Esophagus; Lymp homa; Neoplasms; Prostate; Rectum; Styrene; Toluene; Workplace; Xylene

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZENE; STYRENE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CARCINOGENICITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RECTUM CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; BENZENE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STYRENE; STYRENES; TOLUENE; XYLENES;

EID: 2642600038     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199808)34:2<144::AID-AJIM7>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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