Cancer risk among firefighters: A review and meta-analysis of 32 studies

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1189-1202

  LeMasters, Grace K ^a   Genaidy, Ash M ^a   Succop, Paul ^a   Deddens, James ^b   Sobeih, Tarek ^c   Barriera Viruet, Heriberto ^d   Dunning, Kari ^e   Lockey, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TESTIS CANCER;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FIRES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; RISK;

EID: 33750983941     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000246229.68697.90     Document Type: Article

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