CAREX Canada: An enhanced model for assessing occupational carcinogen exposure

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 64-71

  Peters, Cheryl E ^a,b   Ge, Calvin B ^b   Hall, Amy L ^a   Davies, Hugh W ^a   Demers, Paul A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTADIENE; ACETALDEHYDE; ACRYLAMIDE; ACRYLONITRILE; ANTIMONY; ARSENIC; ASBESTOS; ASPHALT; BENZENE; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; CARCINOGEN; CHLOROFORM; CHROMIUM; COAL TAR; CREOSOTE; DICHLOROMETHANE; EPICHLOROHYDRIN; ETHYLBENZENE; ETHYLENE OXIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; NAPHTHALENE; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SILICON DIOXIDE; STYRENE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TOLUENE DIISOCYANATE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VANADIUM PENTOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; DIESEL ENGINE; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; NIGHT WORK; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHIFT WORKER; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WOOD DUST; WORKPLACE; CANADA; EUROPEAN UNION; FACTUAL DATABASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CANADA; CARCINOGENS; CENSUSES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84919437193     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2014-102286     Document Type: Article

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