Occupational cancer in Italy: Evaluating the extent of compensated cases in the period 1994-2006

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 859-867

  Scarselli, Alberto ^a   Scano, Patrizia ^a   Marinaccio, Alessandro ^a   Iavicoli, Sergio ^a  

^a ISPESL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carcinogens exposure; Compensation; Industry; Occupational cancer

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; ITALY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MONITORING; NOSE CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WOOD; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ASBESTOS; HUMANS; ITALY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; NOSE NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 70350230323     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20758     Document Type: Article

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