A case-control study of occupational exposure to metalworking fluids and bladder cancer risk among men

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 667-674

  Colt, Joanne S ^a   Friesen, Melissa C ^a   Stewart, Patricia A ^a,b   Donguk, Park ^c   Johnson, Alison ^d   Schwenn, Molly ^e   Karagas, Margaret R ^f   Armenti, Karla ^g   Waddell, Richard ^f   Verrill, Castine ^e   Ward, Mary H ^a   Freeman, Laura E Beane ^a   Moore, Lee E ^a   Koutros, Stella ^a   Baris, Dalsu ^a   Silverman, Debra T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b LLC   (United States)

^c Korea National Open University   (South Korea)

^d Vermont Cancer Registry   (United States)

^e Maine Cancer Registry   (United States)

^f DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g NEW HAMPSHIRE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; METALWORKING FLUID; MINERAL OIL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PROBABILITY; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ENGLAND; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84907180243     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2013-102056     Document Type: Article

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