Estimated prevalence of exposure to occupational carcinogens in Australia (2011-2012)

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 55-62

  Carey, Renee N ^a   Driscoll, Timothy R ^b   Peters, Susan ^a   Glass, Deborah C ^c   Reid, Alison ^a   Benke, Geza ^c   Fritschi, Lin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTADIENE; 2 METHYLANILINE; 4,4' METHYLENEBIS(2 CHLOROANILINE); ACRYLAMIDE; ARSENIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ARSENIC DERIVATIVE; ASBESTOS; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CARCINOGEN; CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; COBALT DERIVATIVE; DIETHYL SULFATE; DIETHYLNITROSAMINE; DIMETHYL SULFATE; DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE; EPICHLOROHYDRIN; ETHYLENE OXIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; GLYCIDOL; LEAD; NICKEL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; RADON 222; SILICON DIOXIDE; TOBACCO SMOKE; TOLUENE DERIVATIVE; TUNGSTEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIESEL ENGINE; DRIVER; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLAR RADIATION; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

CARCINOGENS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ALGORITHMS; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CARCINOGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; WORK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890122253     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2013-101651     Document Type: Article

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