Retrospective cohort study of workers of a synthetic textiles plant in quebec: I. General mortality

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 889-907

  Goldberg, Mark S ^a   Thériault, Gilles ^b  

^a HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

cellulose acetate; cellulose triacetate; cerebrovascular diseases; colorectal cancer; Eastern Quebec industry; female mortality; ischemic heart disease; non Hodgkin's lymphomas; occupational mortality; polypropylene; reiiculosarcoma; synthetic textiles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUEBEC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 0028241538     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.4700250612     Document Type: Article

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