Risk of cancer for arc welders in the Federal Republic of Germany: results of a second follow up (1983-8).

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Published in Br J Ind Med on October 01, 1991

Authors

N Becker1, J Chang-Claude, R Frentzel-Beyme

Author Affiliations

1: German Cancer Research Centre, Department of Epidemiology, Heidelberg.

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