Relationship between cardiopulmonary mortality and cancer risk and quantitative exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, fluorides, and dust in two prebake aluminum smelters

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 905-916

  Friesen, Melissa C ^a,b   Benke, Geza ^a   Del Monaco, Anthony ^a   Dennekamp, Martine ^a   Fritschi, Lin ^c   De Klerk, Nick ^d   Hoving, Jan L ^a,e   MacFarlane, Ewan ^a   Sim, Malcolm R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dust; Fluorides; Historical cohort studies; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

BENZENE SOLUBLE FRACTION; BENZO[A]PYRENE; FLUORIDE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALUMINUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BLOOD DISEASE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; DUST; GENITAL TRACT CANCER; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMELTER; STOMACH CANCER; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METALLURGY; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR;

ALUMINUM; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DUST; FLUORIDES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; METALLURGY; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 68849111852     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-009-9329-8     Document Type: Article

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