Cancer mortality among workers in abattoirs and meatpacking plants: An update

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 389-403

  Johnson, Eric S ^a,d   Dalmas, Dawn ^b   Noss, John ^b   Matanoski, Genevieve M ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b WESTAT   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TULANE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

abattoirs; bovine leukemia virus; cancer; meatpacking plants; papilloma viruses; women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BONE CANCER; BOVINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMICAL CARCINOGENESIS; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAPILLOMA VIRUS; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

ABATTOIRS; CARCINOGENS; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, BOVINE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MEAT-PACKING INDUSTRY; MIDDLE AGE; NEOPLASMS; NEW JERSEY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS, BOVINE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS, HUMAN; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028963495     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.4700270308     Document Type: Article

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