Cancer incidence among Swedish pulp and paper mill workers: A cohort study of sulphate and sulphite mills

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 529-540

  Andersson, Eva ^a   Westberg, Håkan ^b   Bryngelsson, Ing Liss ^b   Magnuson, Anders ^b   Persson, Bodil ^c,d  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Pleural mesothelioma; Skin tumours; Sulphate pulping; Sulphite pulping; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; SULFATE; SULFITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAPER; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; CARCINOGENS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAPER; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SULFATES; SULFITES; SWEDEN;

EID: 84879069834     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-012-0785-1     Document Type: Article

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