Cancer mortality in German carbon black workers 1976-98

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 513-521

  Wellmann, J ^a   Weiland, S K ^b   Neiteler, G ^a   Klein, G ^a   Straif, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; VITAL SIGN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARBON; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 33746549107     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2006.026526     Document Type: Article

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