Open AccessCancer risk among workers in biomedical research
Author(s) -
Sylvaine Cordier,
M.-L. Mousel,
Corinne Le Goaster,
G. Gachelin,
Nicole Le Moual,
Laurence Mandereau,
Fabrice Carrat,
Gaëtane Michaud,
Denis Hémon
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.61
Subject(s) - medicine , cancer , odds ratio , standardized mortality ratio , pancreatic cancer , confidence interval , multiple myeloma , bone cancer , cancer registry , lymphoma , oncology
This epidemiologic study was undertaken after a cluster of five cases of rare forms of cancer (bone sarcoma, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma) had been observed among biomedical research workers at the Pasteur Institute in Paris to ascertain whether their disease was connected with exposure during this research.