NYPD cancer incidence rates 1995-2014 encompassing the entire world trade center cohort

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2015, Pages e101-e113

  Kleinman, Eli J ^a,b   Christos, Paul J ^c   Gerber, Linda M ^c   Reilly, John P ^a   Moran, William F ^a   Einstein, Andrew J ^d   Neugut, Alfred I ^d  

^a Government of New york   (United States)

^b Division of Hematology   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

brain cancer; cancer; exposure; Hodgkin's lymphoma; kidney cancer; New York City Police Department; non ; police; September 11; thyroid cancer; World Trade Center

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISASTER; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; RETIREMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SMOKING; THYROID CANCER; UNITED STATES; ADVERSE EFFECTS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS; NEW YORK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TERRORISM; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS;

EID: 84944384194     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000000542     Document Type: Review

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