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Occupation, exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and laryngeal cancer risk.
International journal of cancer - 1 Sept 2005
Becher Heiko, Ramroth Heribert, Ahrens Wolfgang, Risch Angela, Schmezer Peter, Dietz Andreas
Abstract excerpt
Primary risk factors for laryngeal cancer are smoking and alcohol. The relevance of occupational exposures in the etiology of laryngeal cancer is not yet clarified. Some studies have suggested various occupational agents as additional causal risk factors. A population-based case-control study 1:3 frequency matched by age and gender on laryngeal cancer was carried out in southwest Germany with 257 cases (236 males...
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