Occupational exposure to chlorinated solvents and risks of glioma and meningioma in adults

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 793-801

  Neta, Gila ^a   Stewart, Patricia A ^a,b   Rajaraman, Preetha ^a   Hein, Misty J ^c   Waters, Martha A ^c   Purdue, Mark P ^a   Samanic, Claudine ^a   Coble, Joseph B ^a   Linet, Martha S ^a   Inskip, Peter D ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Stewart Exposure Assessments LLC   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLORINE; CHLOROFORM; DICHLOROMETHANE; SOLVENT; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARIZONA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CARCINOGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PENNSYLVANIA; RISK FACTORS; SOLVENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867717924     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2012-100742     Document Type: Article

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