Cancer risk in aluminum reduction plant workers (Canada)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 939-948

  Spinelli, John J ^a,b   Demers, Paul A ^b   Le, Nhu D ^a   Friesen, Melissa D ^a,b   Lorenzi, Maria F ^a   Fang, Raymond ^a   Gallagher, Richard P ^a  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aluminum reduction; Benzo(a)pyrene; Bladder cancer; Brain cancer; Coal tar pitch volatiles; Kidney cancer; Lung cancer; Mesothelioma; Non Hodgkin lymphoma; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Stomach cancer

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BENZENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; CANADA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; STOMACH CARCINOMA;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALUMINUM; BRITISH COLUMBIA; COAL TAR; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33746089519     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-006-0031-9     Document Type: Article

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