Assessment of the effect of occupational exposure to formaldehyde on the risk of lung cancer in two Canadian population-based case-control studies

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 401-410

  Mahboubi, Amel ^a   Koushik, Anita ^a,b   Siemiatycki, Jack ^a   Lavoué, Jérôme ^a,b   Rousseau, Marie Claude ^a,b,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Lung neoplasm

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

AGE CLASS; CANCER; FORMALDEHYDE; GENDER; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HISTOLOGY; LIFESTYLE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; TOXICITY;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

AGED; CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84879619412     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.3344     Document Type: Article

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