Occupational wood dust exposure and the risk of laryngeal cancer: A population based case-control study in Germany

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 648-655

  Ramroth, Heribert ^a   Dietz, Andreas ^b   Ahrens, Wolfgang ^c   Becher, Heiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Hardwood dust; Laryngeal cancer; Occupational risk factors; Softwood dust

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHECKLIST; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVIEW; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; WOOD DUST;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DUST; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; WOOD;

EID: 49649085876     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20605     Document Type: Article

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