Exposure to occupational carcinogens in Great Britain

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 653-664

  Cherrie, John W ^a,b   Van Tongeren, Martie ^a,b   Semple, Sean ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attributable fraction; Carcinogen; Exposure

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; ONCOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK ANALYSIS;

ATTRIBUTABLE FRACTION; CHEMICAL AGENTS; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

CARCINOGENS;

CARCINOGEN; RADON;

CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; HAIRDRESSER; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUNLIGHT; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKPLACE;

CARCINOGENS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 36248975135     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mem049     Document Type: Review

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