Occupational risk factors for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma: A population-based case-control study in Northern Germany

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 258-268

  Richardson, David B ^a   Terschüren, Claudia ^b   Hoffmann, Wolfgang ^b  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case control study; Germany; Non Hodgkin's lymphoma; Occupation

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CHLOROPHENOL; DIESEL FUEL; HERBICIDE; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NITRITE; NITROSAMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; ORGANIC DUST; POPULATION RESEARCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 40949124825     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20552     Document Type: Article

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