Lung cancer risk among bakers, pastry cooks and confectionary makers: the SYNERGY study
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Lung cancer risk among bakers, pastry cooks and confectionary makers: the SYNERGY study.
INTRODUCTION Some studies have suggested increased lung cancer risks among bakers, however the results overall were inconsistent. The authors studied lung cancer risks among bakers and baking-related occupations in the SYNERGY pooled case-control database from 16 countries. METHODS Occupation in a baking-related job was identified from the subjects' job histories. ORs adjusted for log(age), s...
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1351-0711,1470-7926
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2013-101469