Cancer incidence among firefighters: 45 years of follow-up in five Nordic countries

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Eero Pukkala · Finnish Cancer Registry

Jan Ivar Martinsen · Cancer Registry of Norway

Elisabete Weiderpass · Folkhälsans Forskningscentrum

Kristina Kjærheim · Cancer Registry of Norway

Elsebeth Lynge · University of Copenhagen

Laufey Tryggvadóttír · Icelandic Cancer Society

Pär Sparén

Abstract

Some of these associations have been observed previously, and potential exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, asbestos and shift work involving disruption of circadian rhythms may partly explain these results.

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Occupational Health and Performance Injury Epidemiology and Prevention Agriculture and Farm Safety

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Published in: Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volume 71, Issue 6, pp. 398-404

DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2013-101803

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Cancer incidence among firefighters: 45 years of follow-up in five Nordic countries

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