Case-control study of high risk occupations for bladder cancer in New Zealand

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1340-1346

  Dryson, Evan ^a,b   Mannetje, Andrea't ^a   Walls, Chris ^a,b   McLean, Dave ^a   McKenzie, Fiona ^a   Maule, Milena ^c   Cheng, Soo ^a   Cunningham, Chris ^d   Kromhout, Hans ^e   Boffetta, Paolo ^f   Blair, Aaron ^g   Pearce, Neil ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Occupational Medicine Specialists   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^g National Cancer Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Case control study; New Zealand; Occupation

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC; RUBBER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRIVER; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATOR; PAINTER; PRINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWER; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 39649118609     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23194     Document Type: Article

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