Cancer incidence and mortality in the industrial city of Sumgayit, Azerbaijan

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 234-241

  Andruchow, James E ^a   Soskolne, Colin L ^a   Racioppi, Francesca ^b   Senthilselvan, Ambikaipakan ^a   Makhmudov, Emin ^c   Asadov, Anar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b WHO European Centre for Environment and Health   (Italy)

^c Sumgayit Center for Environmental Rehabilitation   (Azerbaijan)

Author keywords

Azerbaijan; Cancer; Environmental health; Epidemiology; Occupational health; Sumgayit

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AZERBAIJAN; CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33747893471     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2006.12.3.234     Document Type: Article

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