## Abstract ## Background Lung cancer is associated with occupation, but not much is known about the influence exerted on risk by length of exposure and the joint effect of occupational exposure and tobacco on risk of lung cancer. ## Methods Through a population‐based case‐control study, we defi
Rectal cancer and occupational risk factors: A hypothesis-generating, exposure-based case-control study
✍ Scribed by Simone Dumas; Marie-Élise Parent; Jack Siemiatycki; Jacques Brisson
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 61 KB
- Volume
- 87
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7136
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