Open AccessCancer incidence of sulfite pulp workers in Denmark
Author(s) -
Bo Andreassen Rix,
Ebbe Villadsen,
Elsebeth Lynge
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.269
Subject(s) - medicine , cancer , stomach cancer , pancreatic cancer , standardized mortality ratio , confidence interval , incidence (geometry) , cohort study , cohort , surgery , physics , optics
Studies have indicated an excess risk of stomach cancer, pancreas cancer, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma for sulfite pulp mill workers, and therefore cancer incidence was evaluated for 2 Danish sulfite mills.