Occupational cancer burden in Great Britain

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 107, Issue , 2012, Pages S3-S7

  Rushton, Lesley ^a   Hutchings, Sally J ^a   Fortunato, Lea ^a   Young, Charlotte ^b   Evans, Gareth S ^b   Brown, Terry ^c   Bevan, Ruth ^c   Slack, Rebecca ^d   Holmes, Phillip ^c   Bagga, Sanjeev ^c   Cherrie, John W ^e   Van Tongeren, Martie ^e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attributable fraction; Burden of disease; Deaths; Occupation; Registrations

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ASBESTOS; COAL TAR; COBALT; MINERAL OIL; RADON; SILICON DIOXIDE; SULFURIC ACID; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

BLADDER CANCER; BONE CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; DIESEL ENGINE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HAIRDRESSER; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MESOTHELIOMA; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OVARY CANCER; PAINTER; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SHIFT WORKER; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SOLAR RADIATION; SOOT; STOMACH CANCER; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WELDING; WOOD DUST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOGENS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862646496     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.112     Document Type: Article

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