Occupational asbestos exposure and risk of oral cavity and pharyngeal cancer in the prospective Netherlands Cohort Study

• Main Authors: Nadine SM Offermans (Author), Roel Vermeulen (Author), Alex Burdorf (Author), R Alexandra Goldbohm (Author), András P Keszei (Author), Susan Peters (Author), Timo Kauppinen (Author), Hans Kromhout (Author), Piet A van den Brandt (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2014-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVES: The evidence for an association between occupational asbestos exposure and pharyngeal cancer (PhC) is limited, while for oral cavity cancer (OCC) the literature is even sparser. We studied OCC and PhC risk both separately and combined (OCPC) in relation to occupational asbestos exposure,...