A case-control study on occupational risk factors for sino-nasal cancer

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 448-455

  D'Errico, A ^a,g   Pasian, S ^a   Baratti, A ^b   Zanelli, R ^c   Alfonzo, S ^c   Gilardi, L ^d   Beatrice, F ^e   Bena, A ^a   Costa, G ^f  

^a Epidemiology Unit   (Italy)

^b Occupational Medicine Department   (Italy)

^c Occupational Health and Safety Department   (Italy)

^d Documentation Center for Health Promotion   (Italy)

^e S GIOVANNI BOSCO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^g Local Health Unit ASL TO3   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ORGANIC SOLVENT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; ITALY; LEATHER INDUSTRY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; NOSE CANCER; NOSE MUCOSA; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINO NASAL EPITHELIAL CANCER; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TEXTILE; WELDING FUME; WOOD DUST;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; ITALY; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 67650480752     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.041277     Document Type: Article

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