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Document ID (ISN)23606
CIS number 75-1689
ISSN - Serial title Tijdschrift voor Ziekenverpleging
Year 1974
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Fokkens W.
Title Cancer as an occupational disease
Original title Kanker als beroepsziekte [in Dutch]
Bibliographic information 24 Sep. 1974, Vol.27, No.33, p.871-881. Illus.
Abstract Review of current knowledge of bladder tumours (historical background, pathogenesis, latency period, dose-response relationship, prevention, early detection of carcinogenic factors), cancer of the scrotum, lung cancer, asbestos mesothelioma, cancer of the ethmoid, leukaemia and angiosarcoma of the liver.
Descriptors (primary) carcinogens; bladder tumour; neoplasms; medical prevention; health engineering
Descriptors (secondary) scrotal cancer; pathogenesis; metabolic process; aromatic amines; asbestos; aetiology; nasal cancer; latency; pleural mesothelioma; lung cancer; liver cancer; epidemiologic study; dose-response relationship; history; round-up; leukaemia
Document type -
Subject(s) Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Diseases of the kidney and the urinary system