Confounders and confusion: Dealing with cancer cases of occupational origin

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1002-1005

  Crosignani, Paolo ^a   Amendola, Plinio ^b   Scaburri, Alessandra ^a   Chiappino, Giovanni ^a   Marinaccio, Alessandro ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c ISPESL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attributable risk; Causes; Confounders; Occupational cancer

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

CAUSALITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77956897410     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20847     Document Type: Review

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