Evaluation of a national register on occupational exposure to carcinogens: Effectiveness in the prevention of occupational cancer, and cancer risks among the exposed workers

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 463-470

  Kauppinen, Timo ^a   Saalo, Anja ^a   Pukkala, Eero ^b   Virtanen, Simo ^a   Karjalainen, Antti ^a   Vuorela, Raija ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cancer epidemiology; Exposure; Health surveillance

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISKS; ONCOLOGY; SAFETY FACTOR; CARCINOGENS; DISEASES; HEALTH; PATIENT TREATMENT; SURVEYS;

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISKS; HEALTH SURVEILLANCE;

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

ASBESTOS; CARCINOGEN;

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORKER; WORKPLACE;

CARCINOGENS; FINLAND; GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGIES; EXPOSURE; HEALTH SURVEILLANCES; NOTIFICATION PROCESS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVENTIVE MEASURES; SAFETY AUTHORITY; SAFETY BEHAVIOURS;

EID: 34548461134     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mem030     Document Type: Article

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