Risk for leukaemia and brain and breast cancer among Danish utility workers: A second follow-up

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 782-784

  Johansen, Christoffer ^a   Nielsen, Ole Raaschou ^a   Olsen, Jørgen H ^a   Schüz, Joachim ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; BRAIN TUMOR; BREAST TUMOR; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; INCIDENCE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RISK FACTOR;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS, MALE; DENMARK; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POWER PLANTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 35548996387     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2006.029116     Document Type: Article

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