Occupational exposure to meat and risk of lymphoma: A multicenter case-control study from Europe

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 121, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2761-2766

  Moore, Tina ^a,b   Brennan, Paul ^a   Becker, Nikolaus ^c   De Sanjosé, Silvia ^d   Maynadié, Marc ^e   Foretova, Lenka ^f   Cocco, Pierluigi ^g   Staines, Anthony ^h   Nieters, Alexandra ^c   Font, Rebecca ^d   'T Mannetje, Andrea ⁱ   Benhaim Luzon, Véronique ^a   Boffetta, Paolo ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^e DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f MASARYK MEMORIAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

ⁱ MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Lymphoma; Meat workers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RISK; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LARGE CELL LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; MEDICAL EXPERT; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHICKENS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC, B-CELL; LYMPHOMA, LARGE B-CELL, DIFFUSE; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MEAT; MEAT-PACKING INDUSTRY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 36249004326     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22994     Document Type: Article

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