Occupational exposure to chemicals and risk of thyroid cancer in Sweden

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 267-274

  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   Silva Mato, Agustín ^e   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 UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chemical exposure; Industry; Occupation; Risk; Thyroid neoplasm

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SHOES; SOLVENTS; SWEDEN; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58249129359     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-008-0314-4     Document Type: Article

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