Occupational exposure to eight organic dusts and respiratory cancer among Finns

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 726-733

  Laakkonen, A ^a   Kyyronen P ^b   Kauppinen, T ^a   Pukkala, E I ^b  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG CANCER; MALE; NOSE CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC DUST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOOD DUST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DUST; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIC NEOPLASMS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33750601492     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2005.025825     Document Type: Article

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