Occupational exposure to ionizing and non-ionizing radiation and risk of glioma

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 518-524

  Karipidis, Ken K ^a,b,e   Benke, Geza ^a   Sim, Malcolm R ^a   Kauppinen, Timo ^c   Giles, Graham ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AGENCY   (Australia)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^d CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^e NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Case control; Occupational exposure; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIATION, IONIZING; RADIATION, NONIONIZING; VICTORIA;

EID: 34948840962     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqm078     Document Type: Article

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