Occupational cancer in Britain: Exposure assessment methodology

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 107, Issue , 2012, Pages S18-S26

  Van Tongeren, Martie ^a   Jimenez, Araceli S ^a   Hutchings, Sally J ^b   MacCalman, Laura ^a   Rushton, Lesley ^b   Cherrie, John W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carcinogens; Exposure; Occupation

Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTADIENE; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; ACRYLAMIDE; AROMATIC AMINE; ARSENIC; BENZENE; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; CARCINOGEN; CHROMIUM; COBALT; INSECTICIDE; LEAD; METAL; MINERAL; MINERAL OIL; NICKEL; RADON; SILICON DIOXIDE; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL ACCIDENT; COMBUSTION; DATA BASE; DECISION MAKING; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MINER; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINTER; POLICY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBBER INDUSTRY; SOLAR RADIATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WELDING; WORK;

CARCINOGENS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84862681057     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.114     Document Type: Article

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