Bladder cancer and occupation: A report from the Belgian case-control study on bladder cancer risk

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 449-454

  Reulen, Raoul C ^a,b   Kellen, Eliane ^c   Buntinx, Frank ^a,c,d   Zeegers, Maurice P ^b,c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d Limburg Cancer Registry (LIKAR)   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Case control study; Epidemiology; Occupation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER RISK; CARPENTER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LAUNDRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SMOKING; TEXTILE WORKER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; RISK; SMOKING; STATISTICS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34250016334     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20469     Document Type: Article

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