Occupational asbestos exposure as a risk factor for laryngeal carcinoma in a population-based case-control study from Germany

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 510-514

  Ramroth, Heribert ^a   Ahrens, Wolfgang ^b   Dietz, Andreas ^c   Becher, Heiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Detailed measurement methods; Laryngeal cancer; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LARYNX TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; ASBESTOS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79957815720     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20963     Document Type: Article

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