Occupational and environmental cancer incidence and mortality in China

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 281-287

  Li, P ^a,b   Deng, S S ^c   Wang, J B ^d,e   Iwata, A ^f   Qiao, Y L ^d   Dai, X B ^a   Boffetta, P ^g,h  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Xi'an Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

Author keywords

Cancer; Environmental agents; Occupational agents; Population attributable fraction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84862576632     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqs016     Document Type: Article

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