Risk of liver cancer and exposure to organic solvents and gasoline vapors among Finnish workers

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 124, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2954-2959

  Lindbohm, Marja Liisa ^a   Sallmén, Markku ^a   Kyyrönen, Pentti ^b   Kauppinen, Timo ^a   Pukkala, Eero ^b,c  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Gasoline; Liver cancer; Occupational exposure; Solvents

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; ALICYCLIC HYDROCARBON; ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBON; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; ESTER DERIVATIVE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; GASOLINE; GLYCOL ETHER DERIVATIVE; KETONE DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SOLVENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXPOSURE; INCIDENCE; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; LIVER TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

CARCINOMA, HEPATOCELLULAR; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASOLINE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INHALATION EXPOSURE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 65649111170     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.24309     Document Type: Article

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