Moulds, bacteria and cancer among Finns: An occupational cohort study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 489-493

  Laakkonen, A ^a   Verkasalo, P K ^b   Nevalainen, A ^b   Kauppinen, T ^a   Kyyronen P ^c   Pukkala, E I ^c  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIP CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOULD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BACTERIA; COHORT STUDIES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; FUNGI; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIP NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; REGISTRIES; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 47049118668     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2007.034017     Document Type: Article

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