Automobile industry occupations and bladder cancer: A population-based case-control study in southeastern Michigan, USA

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 650-656

  Kobrosly, Roni W ^a,b   Meliker, J R ^c   Nriagu, J O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAINTER; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70349381563     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.041616     Document Type: Article

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