Occupational exposure to solvents and gasoline and risk of cancers in the urinary tract among Finnish workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 668-672

  Lohi, Jouni ^a,f   Kyyrönen, Pentti ^b   Kauppinen, Timo ^c   Kujala, Veikko ^d,e   Pukkala, Eero ^b  

^a Rovaniemi Health Centre   (Finland)

^b FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^e ODL Health   (Finland)

^f NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Gasoline; Occupation; Renal carcinoma; Solvent

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; GASOLINE; HYDROCARBON; SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT CANCER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; GASOLINE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SOLVENTS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 49649109146     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20606     Document Type: Article

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