Mortality in a cohort of Russian fertilizer workers

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-33

  Bulbulyan, Mariana A ^a   Jourenkova, Nadejda J ^a,b   Boffetta, Paolo ^b   Astashevsky, Sergey V ^a   Mukeria, Anush F ^a   Zaridze, David G ^a  

^a N N BLOKHIN RUSSIAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER   (Russian Federation)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Lung cancer; Nitrogen oxides; Stomach cancer

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; FERTILIZER; NITROGEN OXIDE; NITROSO DERIVATIVE; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH CANCER; USSR;

CANCER INCIDENCE; FERTILISER PRODUCTION; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE SURVEY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY RATE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WORKERS' HEALTH;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0029669729     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.105     Document Type: Article

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