Occupational exposure to ionizing radiation and electromagnetic fields in relation to the risk of thyroid cancer in Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 276-284

  Lope, Virginia ^a   Pérez Gómez, Beatriz ^a   Aragonés, Nuria ^a   López Abente, Gonzalo ^a   Gustavsson, Per ^b,c   Floderus, Birgitta ^c,d   Dosemeci, Mustafa ^e   Silva, Augstín ^f   Pollán, Marina ^a  

^a CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^b STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cohort; Occupation; Risk; Thyroid neoplasm

Indexed keywords

CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HEALTH RISK; IONIZATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LINEAR SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN; THYROID CANCER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 33748365182     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.1011     Document Type: Article

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