Occupational exposure and laryngeal and hypopharyngeal cancer risk in Central and Eastern Europe

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 367-375

  Shangina, Oxana ^a   Brennan, Paul ^b   Szeszenia Dabrowska, Neonila ^c   Mates, Dana ^d   Fabiánová, Eleonóra ^e   Fletcher, Tony ^f   T'Mannetje, Andrea ^b   Boffetta, Paolo ^b   Zaridze, David ^a  

^a N N BLOKHIN RUSSIAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^d Institute of Hygiene Public Health Health Services and Management   (Romania)

^e Specialized State Health Institute   (Slovakia)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypopharyngeal neoplasms; Laryngeal neoplasms; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; ASBESTOS; CARCINOGEN; COAL; FORMALDEHYDE; INORGANIC ACID; IRON DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT; STEEL;

CANCER; COAL; DUST; FORMALDEHYDE; HEALTH RISK; IRON; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STEEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSE RESPONSE; EASTERN EUROPE; FUME; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; LARYNX CANCER; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; ROMANIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SLOVAKIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33748035052     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj208     Document Type: Article

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