The epidemiology of cancer among police officers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 439-453

  Wirth, Michael ^a   Vena, John E ^b,c   Smith, Emily K ^b   Bauer, Sarah E ^b   Violanti, John ^c   Burch, James ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d WJB Dorn Veteran's Affairs Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Environmental; Mortality; Police; Shift work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878375043     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22145     Document Type: Review

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