Occupation, exposure to chemicals, sensitizing agents, and risk of multiple myeloma in Sweden

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3123-3127

  Lope, Virginia ^a,b   Pérez Gómez, Beatriz ^a,b   Aragonés, Nuria ^a,b   López Abente, Gonzalo ^a,b   Gustavsson, Per ^c,d   Plato, Nils ^c,d   Zock, Jan Paul ^a,e,f   Pollán, Marina ^a,b  

^a CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^b CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^c Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^f INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AGENT; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORESTRY; HORTICULTURE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTRIES; RISK; SWEDEN;

EID: 55849114062     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-0343     Document Type: Article

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