Cancer morbidity of professional emergency responders in Korea

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 768-778

  Ahn, Yeon Soon ^a   Jeong, Kyoung Sook ^a   Kim, Kyoo Sang ^b  

^a Dongguk University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Emergency responders; Firefighters; Non Hodgkin's lymphoma; Prostate cancer; Shift work

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FIRE FIGHTER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RESCUE PERSONNEL; SOUTH KOREA; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; EMERGENCY RESPONDERS; FIREFIGHTERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84865038439     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22068     Document Type: Article

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