Greek employee awareness of carcinogenic exposure

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 657-665

  Chatzis, Christos ^a   Karvounis, Kiki ^a   Hatziara, Panayiota ^b   Riza, Elena ^a   Nikolaou, Vasilis ^c   Linos, Athena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b Palama Branch Karditsa Greece   (Greece)

^c Athens Greece   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carcinogenic substances; Employee awareness; Lung cancer; Occupational risk; Smoking

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SMOKING;

ARSENIC; ASBESTOS; AWARENESS; CARCINOGENS; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NICKEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOG; WORKPLACE;

EID: 4444371244     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.07.007     Document Type: Article

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