Occupational cancer in Britain: Nasopharynx and sinonasal cancers

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 107, Issue , 2012, Pages S49-S55

  Slack, Rebecca ^a   Young, Charlotte ^b   Rushton, Lesley ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nasopharynx; Occupation; Sinonasal

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; FORMALDEHYDE; MINERAL OIL; NICKEL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS INFECTION; FAMILY HISTORY; FOOD PRESERVATION; FURNITURE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; LEATHER INDUSTRY; MOUTH HYGIENE; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NOSE CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SHOE INDUSTRY; SINONASAL CANCER; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; WOOD DUST;

CARCINOGENS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NOSE NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84862654142     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.118     Document Type: Article

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