Risk of esophageal, ovarian, testicular, kidney and bladder cancers and leukemia among Finnish workers exposed to diesel or gasoline engine exhaust

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 286-292

  Guo, Johannes ^a   Kauppinen, Timo ^a   Kyyrönen, Pentti ^b   Heikkilä, Pirjo ^a   Lindbohm, Marja Liisa ^a   Pukkala, Eero ^b  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Diesel exhaust; Esophageal cancer; Gasoline engine exhaust; Job exposure matrix; Kidney cancer; Leukemia; Ovarian cancer; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

DIESEL FUEL; GASOLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE DURATION; OVARY CANCER; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS CANCER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOGENS; COHORT STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GASOLINE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 3142767506     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.20263     Document Type: Article

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