Prostate cancer and occupational whole-body vibration exposure

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 968-974

  Nadalin, Victoria ^a   Kreiger, Nancy ^a,b   Parent, Marie Elise ^c   Salmoni, Alan ^d   Sass Kortsak, Andrea ^e   Siemiatycki, Jack ^f   Sloan, Margaret ^a   Purdham, James ^e  

^a Research Prevention and Cancer Control   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e Ontario Agency for Health Protection and Promotion   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

cancer epidemiology; retrospective exposure assessment; vibration

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; HEAVY EQUIPMENT; JOB DESCRIPTION; KAPPA STATISTIC; LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODELS; MONTREAL , CANADA; ODDS RATIOS; POPULATION CONTROL; POTENTIAL RISKS; PROSTATE CANCERS; RISK FACTORS; TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT; VIBRATION; WHOLE-BODY VIBRATIONS;

EMPLOYMENT; EQUIPMENT; JOB ANALYSIS; LOGISTICS; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

DISEASES;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSTATE TUMOR; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; VIBRATION;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; VIBRATION;

EID: 84867828284     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mes010     Document Type: Article

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