Cancer risk among Japanese chromium platers, 1976-2003

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 216-221

  Hara, Toshiyuki ^a,b   Hoshuyama, Tsutomu ^a   Takahashi, Ken ^a   Delgermaa, Vanya ^a   Sorahan, Tom ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Hokkaido Industrial Health Management Fund ^*  (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Chromium plating; Cohort study; Lung cancer; Malignant lymphoma

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM;

AGE CLASS; CANCER; CHROMIUM; COHORT ANALYSIS; MORTALITY RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JAPANESE; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY RISK; REVIEW;

JAPAN;

EID: 77951992634     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.2889     Document Type: Article

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