Registry-based case-control study of cancer in California firefighters

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 339-344

  Bates, Michael N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Cancer risk; Case control studies; Epidemiology; Firefighters

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; OCCUPATION; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; TESTIS CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FIRES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REGISTRIES; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34249071578     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20446     Document Type: Article

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