Increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma and liver cirrhosis in vinyl chloride workers: Synergistic effect of occupational exposure with alcohol intake

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 112, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1188-1192

  Mastrangelo, Giuseppe ^a   Fedeli, Ugo ^a   Fadda, Emanuela ^a   Valentini, Flavio ^b   Agnesi, Roberto ^b   Magarotto, Giancarlo ^c   Marchì, Teresio ^c   Buda, Andrea ^a   Pinzani, Massimo ^d   Martines, Diego ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Local Health Unit 13   (Italy)

^c Local Health Unit n13   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Case referent studies; Cirrhosis; Hepatocellular carcinoma; Occupational diseases; Vinyl chloride

Indexed keywords

VINYL CHLORIDE;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VIRUS HEPATITIS; WORKER;

EID: 4344648301     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6972     Document Type: Article

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