Is there a healthy worker effect for cancer incidence among women in Sweden?

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Published in Am J Ind Med on July 01, 1999

Authors

G Gridley1, O Nyren, M Dosemeci, T Moradi, H O Adami, L Carroll, S H Zahm

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland 20892-7244, USA. gridleyg@exchange.nih.gov

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