Variation in the risk for liver and gallbladder cancers in socioeconomic and occupational groups in Sweden with etiological implications

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 641-649

  Ji, Jianguang ^a   Hemminki, Kari ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Follow up study; Liver cancer; Occupational exposures; Primary gall bladder cancer

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CALCULATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INDUSTRY; GALLBLADDER CANCER; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKETING; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLISHING; SAILOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDIZATION; SWEDEN; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

EID: 27844481996     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-005-0015-1     Document Type: Article

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