Cancer incidence among priests: 45 years of follow-up in four Nordic countries

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 101-108

  Stang, Andreas ^a   Martinsen, Jan Ivar ^b   Kjaerheim, Kristina ^b   Weiderpass, Elisabete ^b,c,d,e   Sparén, Pär ^c   Tryggvadóttir, Laufey ^f   Pukkala, Eero ^g,h  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^e FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

^f ICELANDIC CANCER REGISTRY   (Iceland)

^g FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cancer; Incidence; Malignant neoplasms; Priests; Religion

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CLERGY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO; THYROID CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; RELIGION; SWEDEN;

EID: 84860291326     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-011-9645-7     Document Type: Article

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