Cancer of the mouth and pharynx, occupation and exposure to chemical agents in Finland [in 1971-95]

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 653-659

  Tarvainen, Laura ^a,d   Kyyrönen, Pentti ^b   Kauppinen, Timo ^c   Pukkala, Eero ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^d NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Chemicals; Neoplasms of mouth and pharynx; Occupational exposure; Occupations; Oral cancer

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALICYCLIC HYDROCARBON; ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ARSENIC; ASPHALT; BENZO[A]PYRENE; CADMIUM; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CHROMIUM; FORMALDEHYDE; FUNGICIDE; GASOLINE; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; IRON; LEAD; NICKEL; PESTICIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SOLVENT;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUTHOR; CANCER RISK; CONSTRUCTION WORK; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; LAWYER; LEATHER INDUSTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; MUSICIAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC DUST; PAINTER; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; TEXTILE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CARCINOGENS; DUST; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PESTICIDES; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOLVENTS; TANNING; TEXTILES; TIME FACTORS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 46149097909     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23286     Document Type: Article

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