Cancer mortality in workers exposed to organochlorine compounds in the pulp and paper industry: An international collaborative study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1007-1012

  McLean, David ^a,b   Pearce, Neil ^b   Langseth, Hilde ^c   Jäppinen, Paavo ^d   Szadkowska Stanczyk, Irena ^e   Persson, Bodil ^f   Wild, Pascal ^g   Kishi, Reiko ^h   Lynge, Elsebeth ⁱ   Henneberger, Paul ^j   Sala, Maria ^k   Teschke, Kay ^l   Kauppinen, Timo ^m   Colin, Didier ^a   Kogevinas, Manolis ^k   Boffetta, Paolo ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^d Stora Enso   (Finland)

^e NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^f LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

^h HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^k INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^m FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

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Author keywords

Epidemiology; Mortality; Neoplasms; Organochlorines; Pulp and paper industry

Indexed keywords

ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYMENT; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAPER INDUSTRY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULP MILL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAPER; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745768148     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8588     Document Type: Article

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