Italian national register of occupational cancers: Data system and findings

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 346-353

  Scarselli, Alberto ^a   Massari, Stefania ^a   Binazzi, Alessandra ^a   Di Marzio, Davide ^a   Scano, Patrizia ^a   Marinaccio, Alessandro ^a   Iavicoli, Sergio ^a  

^a ISPESL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE; ALIPHATIC AMINE; AROMATIC AMINE; ASBESTOS; CARCINOGEN; GASOLINE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; METAL; NAPHTHA; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; SILICON DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; COLON CANCER; DUST; FEMALE; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; ITALY; LEATHER DUST; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; NOSE CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; SKIN CANCER; TEXTILE DUST; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WOOD DUST;

EID: 77949439253     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181d53dc2     Document Type: Article

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