Comparison of cancer incidence between production and office workers at a shipyard in Korea: A retrospective cohort study from 1992 to 2005

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 719-725

  Jeong, Kyoung Sook ^a,b   Kim, Yangho ^b,c   Kim, Moon Chan ^c   Yoo, Cheol In ^b,c  

^a Dongguk University   (South Korea)

^b Ulsan Cancer Registry   (South Korea)

^c Ulsan University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cancer; Incidence; Korea; Shipyard

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHIP; SOUTH KOREA; STOMACH TUMOR;

ADULT; AGED; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHIPS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 80051793704     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20957     Document Type: Article

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