Textile industry and occupational cancer

Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Singh, Zorawar ^a   Chadha, Pooja ^b  

^a KHALSA COLLEGE   (India)

^b GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cancer; Mortality; Mutagenic; Occupational cancer; Textile industries

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

BLADDER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; COLORECTAL CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MOUTH CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OVARY CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 84982129192     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12995-016-0128-3     Document Type: Review

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