Risk factors for nasal malignancies in German men: The South-German Nasal cancer study

BMC Cancer

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Greiser, Eberhard M ^a,b   Greiser, Karin Halina ^c   Ahrens, Wolfgang ^a,d   Hagen, Rudolf ^e   Lazszig, Roland ^f   Maier, Heinz ^g   Schick, Bernhard ^h   Zenner, Hans Peter ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b Bremen University ^*  (Germany)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^g BUNDESWEHRKRANKENHAUS ULM   (Germany)

^h SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Case control study; Hardwood dust; Insecticides; Nasal cancer; Nasal lavage; Nasal snuff; Nasal spray; Organic solvents; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; INSECTICIDE; ORGANIC SOLVENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NOSE CAVITY CANCER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARANASAL SINUS CANCER; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKELESS TOBACCO; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84868286361     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-12-506     Document Type: Article

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