Occupational cancer in Britain: Urinary tract cancers: Bladder and kidney

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 107, Issue , 2012, Pages S76-S84

  Brown, Terry ^a   Slack, Rebecca ^b   Rushton, Lesley ^c  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bladder; Kidney; Occupation

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ASBESTOS; AURAMINE; COKE; FUCHSINE; HEAVY METAL; MINERAL OIL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; COAL GASIFICATION; EXHAUST GAS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBBER INDUSTRY; SMOKING; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; UNITED KINGDOM;

CARCINOGENS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84862675045     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.121     Document Type: Article

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