Cancer morbidity of foundry workers in Korea

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1733-1741

  Ahn, Yeon Soon ^a   Won, Jong Uk ^b   Park, Robert M ^c  

^a Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Foundry; Lung neoplasms; Lymphohematopietic cancer; Stomach neoplasms

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; IRON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOUTH KOREA; STOMACH TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOGENS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78649969445     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2010.25.12.1733     Document Type: Article

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