Tuberculosis mortality and silica exposure: A case-control study based on a national mortality database for the years 1983-1992

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 163-170

  Chen, Guang X ^a   Burnett, Carol A ^a   Cameron, Lorraine L ^a   Alterman, Toni ^a   Lalich, Nina R ^a   Tanaka, Shiro ^a   Althouse, Rochelle B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control study; Mortality; Occupational exposure; Pneumoconiosis; Silica; Silicosis; Socioeconomic status; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000817806     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.1997.3.3.163     Document Type: Article

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