Asbestos-related cancers among 28,300 military servicemen in the Royal Norwegian Navy

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-71

  Strand, Leifaage ^a   Martinsen, Jan Ivar ^a   Koefoed, Vilhelm F ^b   Sommerfelt Pettersen, Jan ^b   Grimsrud, Tom Kristian ^a  

^a CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b Royal Norwegian Navy Inspector and Support Staff ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Cohort study; Engine room crew; Lung cancer; Mesothelioma; Military personnel; Vessel

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LARYNX TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MEDICINE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NORWAY; PATHOLOGY; PHARYNX CANCER; PLEURA TUMOR; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; STATISTICS; STOMACH TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NAVAL MEDICINE; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74949099123     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20778     Document Type: Article

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