Elevated cancer mortality in a German cohort of bitumen workers: Extended follow-up through 2004

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 555-561

  Behrens, Thomas ^a   Schill, Walter ^a   Ahrens, Wolfgang ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Asphalt workers; Cohort study; Head and neck cancer; IARC; Lung cancer

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; HYDROCARBON;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 69849097168     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620903077682     Document Type: Article

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