Cancer incidence among women flax textile manufacturing workers in Lithuania

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 500-502

  Kuzmickiene, Irena ^a   Stukonis, Mecys ^a  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FLAX; HUMAN; LITHUANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUTH CANCER; NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CANCER; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO; TEXTILE WORKER; THYROID CANCER;

FEMALE; FLAX; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LITHUANIA; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; TEXTILES;

LINUM USITATISSIMUM;

EID: 77955630300     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.048058     Document Type: Article

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