Welding and lung cancer in a pooled analysis of case-control studies

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 178, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1513-1525

  Kendzia, Benjamin ^a   Behrens, Thomas ^a   Jöckel, Karl Heinz ^b   Siemiatycki, Jack ^c   Kromhout, Hans ^d   Vermeulen, Roel ^d   Peters, Susan ^d,e   Gelder, Rainer Van ^f   Olsson, Ann ^g,h   Brüske, Irene ⁱ   Wichmann, H Erich ⁱ   Stücker, Isabelle ^j   Guida, Florence ^j   Tardón, Adonina ^k   Merletti, Franco ^l   Mirabelli, Dario ^l   Richiardi, Lorenzo ^l   Pohlabeln, Hermann ^m   Ahrens, Wolfgang ^m,n   Landi, Maria Teresa ^o   Caporaso, Neil ^o   Consonni, Dario ^p   Zaridze, David ^q   Szeszenia Dabrowska, Neonila ^r   Lissowska, Jolanta ^s   Gustavsson, Per ^h   Marcus, Michael ^t   Fabianova, Eleonora ^u   Mannetje, Andrea't ^v   Pearce, Neil ^v   Tse, Lap Ah ^w   Yu, Ignatius Tak Sun ^w   Rudnai, Peter ^x   Bencko, Vladimir ^y   Janout, Vladimir ^z   Mates, Dana ^aa   Foretova, Lenka ^ab   Forastiere, Francesco ^ac   McLaughlin, John ^ad   Demers, Paul ^ad   Bueno De Mesquita, Bas ^ae   Boffetta, Paolo ^af,ag   Schüz, Joachim ^g   Straif, Kurt ^g   Pesch, Beate ^a   Brüning, Thomas ^a   more..

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

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

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f INSTITUT FÜR ARBEITSSCHUTZ DER DEUTSCHEN GESETZLICHEN UNFALLVERSICHERUNG IFA   (Germany)

^g INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^h KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^j CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^k UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^l UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

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

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^o NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^p NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^q N N BLOKHIN RUSSIAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

^r NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^s INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^t UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^u Regional Authority of Public Health   (Slovakia)

^v MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^w CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^x National Institute of Environment Health   (Hungary)

^y CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^z PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^aa NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Romania)

^ab MASARYK MEMORIAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^ac Department of Epidemiology ^*  (Italy)

^ad Occupational Cancer Research Centre   (Canada)

^ae NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^af MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ag INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (France)

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Author keywords

Case control studies; Lung cancer; Occupational exposure; Welding

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATABASE; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH RISK; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; WELDING;

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SMOKING; WELDING;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; LUNG CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WELDING;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; WELDING;

CANADA; CHINA; EUROPE; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84890106759     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt201     Document Type: Review

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