Case-control study of male germ cell tumors nested in a cohort of car-manufacturing workers: Findings from the occupational history

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1006-1018

  Langner, Ingo ^a   Schmeißer, Nils ^a   Mester, Birte ^a   Behrens, Thomas ^a   Gottlieb, Andrea ^a   Ahrens, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Metal workers; Occupational exposure; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956913143     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20865     Document Type: Article

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