The future excess fraction of occupational cancer among those exposed to carcinogens at work in Australia in 2012

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-6

  Carey, Renee N ^a   Reid, Alison ^a   Darcey, Ellie ^a   Si, Si ^a   Fritschi, Lin ^a   Hutchings, Sally J ^b   Rushton, Lesley ^b   Driscoll, Timothy R ^c   Glass, Deborah C ^d   Benke, Geza ^d   Peters, Susan ^e  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Occupations; Prevention; Workplace

Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTADIENE; ARSENIC; ASBESTOS; BENZENE; CADMIUM; CARCINOGEN; CHROMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE; ETHYLENE OXIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; LEAD; NICKEL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SILICON DIOXIDE; TOBACCO SMOKE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIESEL ENGINE; EXHAUST GAS; EYE MELANOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; KIDNEY CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LIFESPAN; LIP CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MESOTHELIOMA; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NOSE CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OVARY CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIFT WORKER; STOMACH CANCER; THYROID CANCER; TREND STUDY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WOOD DUST; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CARCINOGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85008707931     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2016.12.009     Document Type: Article

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