Cancer incidence of Nordic asphalt workers

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 350-355

  Randem, Britt Grethe ^a   Burstyn, Igor ^b,c   Langård, Sverre ^a   Svane, Ole ^d   Järvholm, Bengt ^e   Kauppinen, Timo ^f   Bergdahl, Ingvar A ^e   Johansen, Christoffer ^g   Hansen, Johnni ^g   Partanen, Timo ^f   Kromhout, Hans ^b   Ferro, Gilles ^h   Boffetta, Paolo ^h,i  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d Danish Working Environment Authority   (Denmark)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^g DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^h INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

ⁱ GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asphalt workers; Bitumen; Bladder cancer; Epidemiology; Lung cancer; Road paving

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT;

ASPHALT; CANCER; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LIP CANCER; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CANCER; STOMACH CANCER;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 7044246250     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.822     Document Type: Article

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