Occupational exposures to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and respiratory and urinary tract cancers: An updated systematic review and a meta-analysis to 2014

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1479-1490

  Rota, Matteo ^a   Bosetti, Cristina ^a   Boccia, Stefania ^b,c   Boffetta, Paolo ^d   La Vecchia, Carlo ^e  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Cohort studies; Meta analysis; Occupational exposure; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ASPHALT; CARBON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ALUMINUM FACTORY; CANCER RISK; HUMAN; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; META ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URINARY TRACT CANCER; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT TUMOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RESPIRATORY TRACT NEOPLASMS; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84904998351     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: 14320738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-014-1296-5     Document Type: Review

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