Lung cancer and occupation: A new zealand cancer registry-based case-control study

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 89-101

  Corbin, Marine ^a,b   McLean, David ^a   Mannetje, Andrea't ^a   Dryson, Evan ^a,c   Walls, Chris ^a,c   McKenzie, Fiona ^a   Maule, Milena ^b   Cheng, Soo ^a   Cunningham, Chris ^d   Kromhout, Hans ^e   Blair, Aaron ^f,g   Pearce, Neil ^a,h  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c Occupational Medicine Specialists   (New Zealand)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g Occupational Cancer Research Centre   (Canada)

^h LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case control study; Food process workers; Lung cancer; Machine operators; Metal workers; Occupation; Welding; Wood workers

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGISTER; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; WELDING; WOOD;

ADULT; AGED; BAYES THEOREM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WELDING; WOOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751691766     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20906     Document Type: Article

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