Bladder cancer risk in painters: A meta-analysis

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 568-573

  Guha, Neela ^a   Steenland, Nelson Kyle ^b   Merletti, Franco ^c   Altieri, Andrea ^d   Cogliano, Vincent ^a   Straif, Kurt ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLADDER CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING;

FRANCE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINT; RISK FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77955612758     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.051565     Document Type: Review

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