Occupational exposures and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in Southern Sweden

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-21

  Dryver, Eric ^a   Brandt, Lars ^a   Kauppinen, Timo ^b   Olsson, Håkan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Hydrocarbons; Lymphoma, non Hodgkin's; Occupational exposure; Pesticides; Radiotherapy; Risk factors; Solvents

Indexed keywords

ALICYCLIC HYDROCARBON; ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; GASOLINE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; PESTICIDE; SOLVENT; CARCINOGEN; HYDROCARBON;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PAINTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SWEDEN; AIR POLLUTANT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; RADIOTHERAPY; SOLVENTS; SWEDEN;

EID: 3943062280     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2004.10.1.13     Document Type: Article

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