Mortality and cancer incidence in cohorts of Swedish fishermen and fishermen's wives: Updated findings

Chemosphere

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 938-943

  Mikoczy, Zoli ^a   Rylander, Lars ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fatty acids; Fish intake; n 3 PUFA; PCBs

Indexed keywords

CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; COLON CANCERS; DEATH RATES; EAST COASTS; FISH CONSUMPTION; FISH INTAKE; HEALTH BENEFITS; LOW RATES; MORTALITY PATTERNS; N-3 PUFA; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS; PCBS; SKIN CANCERS; WEST COASTS; WORK ENVIRONMENTS;

ACIDS; COASTAL ZONES; EMPLOYMENT; FATTY ACIDS; FORESTRY; HUMAN ENGINEERING; LANDFORMS; MEATS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

FISH;

CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIOXIN; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DIET; FEMALE; FISHES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION GROUPS; SPOUSES; SWEDEN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 58949100874     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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