Mortality among chemical workers in a factory where formaldehyde was used

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 613-627

  Marsh, Gary M ^a,b   Stone, Roslyn A ^a   Esmen, Nurtan A ^b,c   Henderson, Vivian L ^a   Lee, Kyung Y ^a,d  

^a Department of Biostatistics ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Formaldehyde; Historical cohort study; Lung cancer; Nasopharyngeal cancer; Particulates

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; PIGMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029783530     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.53.9.613     Document Type: Article

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