Cancer morbidity in iron and steel workers in Korea

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 647-657

  Ahn, Yeon Soon ^a   Park, Robert M ^b   Stayner, Leslie ^b,c   Kang, Seong Kyu ^a   Jang, Jae Kil ^a  

^a Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency   (South Korea)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Coke ovens; Iron and steel industry; Lung cancer; Lymphohematopoietic cancer; Stomach cancer

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; COKE;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DANGEROUS GOODS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; KIDNEY CANCER; KOREA; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STOMACH CANCER;

HEALTHY WORKER EFFECT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRON; KOREA; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; METALLURGY; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STEEL; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33746761633     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20337     Document Type: Article

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