Cancer morbidity in Swedish dry-cleaners and laundry workers: Historically prospective cohort study

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 435-443

  Seldén, Anders I ^a   Ahlborg Jr , Gunnar ^b,c  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Institute of Stress Medicine   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer epidemiology; Cohort study; Dry cleaning; Non Hodgkin's lymphoma; Perchloroethylene

Indexed keywords

TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAUNDRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAUNDERING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

EID: 79955644797     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-010-0582-7     Document Type: Article

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