Risk of cancer among firefighters: A quantitative review of selected malignancies

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 223-231

  Youakim, Sami ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Broadmead RPO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bladder; Brain; Cancer; Colon; Firefighters; Kidney; Leukemia; Lymphoma; Non Hodgkin's

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COLON CANCER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LEUKEMIA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 34548751175     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.61.5.223-231     Document Type: Article

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