The burden of cancer at work: Estimation as the first step to prevention

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 789-800

  Rushton, Lesley ^a   Hutchings, S ^a   Brown, T ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER;

ASBESTOS; CARCINOGENS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 45049083101     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2007.037002     Document Type: Article

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