Upper airway cancer, Myeloid Leukemia, and other cancers in a cohort of British Chemical workers exposed to formaldehyde

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 179, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1301-1311

  Coggon, David ^a,b   Ntani, Georgia ^b   Harris, E Clare ^b   Palmer, Keith T ^b  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cancer; chemical industry; formaldehyde; mortality; myeloid leukemia; nasopharyngeal cancer; occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

CANCER; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FORMALDEHYDE; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL WORKER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; LARGE INTESTINE CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM CANCER; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; UNITED KINGDOM; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; WORKER;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES;

CANCER; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; FORMALDEHYDE; MORTALITY; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; NASOPHARYNGEAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; RISK; WALES;

EID: 84901711966     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu049     Document Type: Article

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