Cancer incidence in the wastewater treatment plant of a large chemical company

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 851-856

  Nasterlack, Michael ^a   Messerer, P ^a   Pallapies, D ^a   Ott, M G ^b   Zober, A ^a  

^a BASF SE   (Germany)

^b BASF CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Cohort study; Wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SMOKING HABIT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER WORKER;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COHORT STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 67649373606     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-009-0397-6     Document Type: Article

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