Occupational exposure and sinonasal cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis

BMC Cancer

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Binazzi, Alessandra ^a   Ferrante, Pierpaolo ^a   Marinaccio, Alessandro ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Meta analysis; Occupational exposure; Sinonasal cancer; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; FORMALDEHYDE; NICKEL; DUST; HEAVY METAL;

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONSTRUCTION WORK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUST; HUMAN; LEATHER INDUSTRY; MAXILLA SINUS CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARANASAL SINUS CANCER; RISK FACTOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WOOD DUST; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGRICULTURE; META ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; PUBLISHING; RISK; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

AGRICULTURE; DUST; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PARANASAL SINUS NEOPLASMS; PUBLICATION BIAS; RISK; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 84924060645     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12885-015-1042-2     Document Type: Article

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