Comparative mortality ratios of cancer among men in Greece across broad occupational groups

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 943-949

  Alexopoulos, Evangelos C ^a   Messolora, Fani ^a   Tanagra, Dimitra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cancer; Greece; Inequalities; Mortality; Occupational

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 82555185552     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-011-0622-y     Document Type: Article

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