Cancer incidence and mortality in Swedish sterilant workers exposed to ethylene oxide: Updated cohort study findings 1972-2006

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2009-2019

  Mikoczy, Zoli ^a,b   Tinnerberg, Håkan ^a,b   Björk, Jonas ^a,c   Albin, Maria ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cohort study; Leukaemia

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE OXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; SWEDEN; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 79959859111     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph8062009     Document Type: Article

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