Occupational exposures and risk of acoustic neuroma

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 766-771

  Prochazka, Michaela ^a   Feychting, Maria ^a   Ahlbom, Anders ^a   Edwards, Colin G ^b   Nise, Gun ^a   Plato, Nils ^a   Schwartzbaum, Judith A ^c   Forssén, Ulla M ^a,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CHROMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; PESTICIDE; SOLVENT;

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENZENE; DUST; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149388904     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.047886     Document Type: Article

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