Occupational risk factors and prostate cancer in U.S. blacks and whites

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 421-430

  Krstev, Srmena ^a   Baris, Dalsu ^b   Stewart, Patricia ^b   Dosemeci, Mustafa ^b   Swanson, G Marie ^c   Greenberg, Raymond S ^d   Schoenberg, Janet B ^e   Schwartz, Ann G ^f   Liff, Jonathan M ^g   Hayes, Richard B ^b  

^a CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e New Jersey State Dept of Health   (Serbia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control; Industry; Occupation; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; EMPLOYEE; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE DIFFERENCE; RAILWAY EMPLOYEE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 7344262962     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199811)34:5<421::AID-AJIM2>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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