Risk of selected cancers due to occupational exposure to chlorinated solvents in a case-control study in montreal

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 198-208

  Christensen, Krista Yorita ^a   Vizcaya, David ^a   Richardson, Harriet ^d   Lavoué, Jérôme ^a   Aronson, Kristan ^d   Siemiatycki, Jack ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Department of Social and Preventive Medicine ^*  (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANCREAS CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM CANCER; STOMACH CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUEBEC; SOLVENTS; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

EID: 84873989267     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182728eab     Document Type: Article

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