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Cancer incidence and mortality among underground and surface goldminers in Western Australia

BACKGROUND: In a cohort of goldminers, we estimated cancer mortality and incidence, for both surface and underground workers, and we examined the hypothesis that (underground) mining may be protective against prostate cancer. METHODS: Standardised mortality and incidence ratios (SMRs and SIRs) and 9...

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Autores principales: Peters, S, Reid, A, Fritschi, L, (Bill) Musk, A W, de Klerk, N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3658510/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23579218
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2013.154