Cancer mortality in mercury miners;Mortalidad por cáncer en los mineros del mercurio

Gaceta Sanitaria

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 210-217

  García Gómez, Montserrat ^a   Boffetta, Paolo ^b   Caballero Klink, José Diego ^c   Español, Santiago ^d   Gómez Quintana, Javier ^e   Colin, Didier ^b  

^a MINISTERIO DE SANIDAD Y CONSUMO   (Spain)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c Junta de Comunidades de Castilla La Mancha   (Spain)

^d Minas de Almaden y Arrayanes SA   (Spain)

^e Mutual CYCLOPS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cohort; Inorganic mercury; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547678093     PISSN: 02139111     EISSN: 15781283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13106803     Document Type: Article

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