Occupational exposure to arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead and nickel, and renal cell carcinoma: A case-control study from Central and Eastern Europe

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 723-728

  Boffetta, Paolo ^a,b   Fontana, Luc ^c   Stewart, Patricia ^d,e   Zaridze, David ^f   Szeszenia Dabrowska, Neonilia ^g   Janout, Vladimir ^h   Bencko, Vladimir ⁱ   Foretova, Lenka ^j   Jinga, Viorel ^k   Matveev, Vsevolod ^f   Kollarova, Helena ^h   Ferro, Gilles ^l   Chow, Wong Ho ^d   Rothman, Nathaniel ^d   Van Bemmel, Dana ^d   Karami, Sara ^d   Brennan, Paul ^l   Moore, Lee E ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Stewart Exposure Assessments LLC   (United States)

^f N N BLOKHIN RUSSIAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

^g NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^h PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

ⁱ CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^j MASARYK MEMORIAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^k CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^l INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CARCINOGEN; CHROMIUM; LEAD; NICKEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; EUROPE; FEMALE; FUME; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMIUM; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LEAD; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80052265760     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2010.056341     Document Type: Article

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