Cancer incidence among firefighters: 45 years of follow-up in five Nordic countries

Eero Pukkala; Jan Ivar Martinsen; Elisabete Weiderpass; Kristina Kjaerheim; Elsebeth Lynge; Laufey Tryggvadottir; Pär Sparén; Paul A Demers

doi:10.1136/oemed-2013-101803

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Cancer incidence among firefighters: 45 years of follow-up in five Nordic countries

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Eero Pukkala Finnish Cancer Registry, Institute for Statistical and Epidemiological Cancer Research, Helsinki, Finland School of Health Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Jan Ivar Martinsen Cancer Registry of Norway, Oslo, Norway PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Elisabete Weiderpass Cancer Registry of Norway, Oslo, Norway Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Samfundet Folkhälsan Research Center, Samfundet Folkhälsan, Helsinki, Finland Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromso - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromso, Norway PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Kristina Kjaerheim Cancer Registry of Norway, Oslo, Norway PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Elsebeth Lynge University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Laufey Tryggvadottir Icelandic Cancer Registry, Icelandic Cancer Society, Reykjavik, Iceland Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Pär Sparén Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Paul A Demers Occupational Cancer Research Centre, Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Professor Eero Pukkala, Finnish Cancer Registry, Institute for Statistical and Epidemiological Cancer Research, Pieni Roobertinkatu 9, Helsinki FI-00130, Finland; eero.pukkala{at}cancer.fi

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Pukkala E, Martinsen JI, Weiderpass E, et al

Cancer incidence among firefighters: 45 years of follow-up in five Nordic countries

Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2014;71:398-404.

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Received August 18, 2013
Revised January 2, 2014
Accepted January 13, 2014
First published February 6, 2014.

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May 09, 2014

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