Exposure to metal-working fluids in the automobile industry and the risk of male germ cell tumours

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 224-226

  Behrens, Thomas ^a   Pohlabeln, Hermann ^a   Mester, Birte ^a   Langner, Ingo ^a   Schmeisser, Nils ^a   Ahrens, Wolfgang ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; METAL WORKING FLUID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTORCHISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON SEMINOMATOUS GERMINOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEMINOMA;

AUTOMOBILES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; METALLURGY; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OILS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEMINOMA; SKIN; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84857366052     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2011-100070     Document Type: Article

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