Cancer incidence among short- and long-term workers in the Norwegian silicon carbide industry

• Main Authors: Merete Drevvatne Bugge (Author), Helge Kjuus (Author), Jan Ivar Martinsen (Author), Kristina Kjærheim (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Nordic Association of Occupational Safety and Health (NOROSH), 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVES: A previous study among workers in the Norwegian silicon carbide industry, followed until 1996, revealed an excess incidence of lung and total cancer. The present study adds nine years of follow-up and focuses on cancer risk among short- and long-term workers, based on the assumption that...