Cause-specific mortality and cancer incidence among 28 300 Royal Norwegian Navy servicemen followed for more than 50 years

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 307-315

  Strand, Leif Aage ^a   Martinsen, Jan Ivar ^a   Koefoed, Vilhelm F ^b   Sommerfelt Pettersen, Jan ^b   Grimsrud, Tom Kristian ^a  

^a CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b Royal Norwegian Navy Inspector and Support Staff   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cohort study; Military; Navy; Submariner; Vessel crew; Violent death

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; POISSON RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MELANOMA; MORTALITY; NAVY; NORWAY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SKIN CANCER; TIME; VIOLENCE; BRAIN CANCER; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; INJURY; INTOXICATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY CANCER; KIDNEY PELVIS CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LIP CANCER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; RECTUM CANCER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; STOMACH CANCER; SUICIDE; TESTIS CANCER; THYROID CANCER; TRACHEA CANCER; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URETER CANCER;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY;

NORWAY;

ALCOHOL;

EID: 79960048990     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.3140     Document Type: Article

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