In a case-control analysis involving 112 patients afflicted by laryngeal cancer and 509 controls diagnosed with cancers not related to tobacco and alcohol exposures, we studied the effects of type of employment and of substances present in the workplace on laryngeal cancer risk. Effects were measure
Occupational Exposures and Risk of Adenocarcinoma of the Lung in Uruguay
✍ Scribed by Eduardo De Stefani; Paolo Boffetta; Paul Brennan; Hugo Deneo-Pellegrini; Alvaro Ronco; Luis Piñeyro Gutiérrez
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 166 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0957-5243
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