Lung cancer risk and occupational exposure to meat and live animals

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2543-2547

  Durusoy, Raika ^a,o   Boffetta, Paolo ^a   'T Mannetje, Andrea ^a,b   Zaridze, David ^c   Szeszenia Dabrowska, Neonila ^d   Rudnai, Peter ^e   Lissowska, Jolanta ^f   Fabiánová, Eleonóra ^g   Cassidy, Adrian ^h   Mates, Dana ⁱ   Bencko, Vladimir ^j   Salajka, Frantisek ^k   Janout, Vladimir ^l   Fevotte, Joelle ^m   Fletcher, Tony ⁿ   Brennan, Paul ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c Chemotherapy Department   (Russian Federation)

^d NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Hungary)

^f INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^g Specialized State Health Institute   (Slovakia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Institute of Hygiene Public Health Health Services and Management   (Romania)

^j CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^k UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^l PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^m UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

ⁿ LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^o EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

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Author keywords

Animal viruses; Butchers; Lung neoplasms; Occupation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSOL; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 33646413167     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.21690     Document Type: Article

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