An epidemiologic study of employees at seven pulp and paper mills

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 498-507

  Wong, Otto ^a   Ragland, David R ^a,b   Marcero, Douglas H ^c  

^a Applied Health Sciences Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Mead Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE CANCER; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LARYNX CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PAPER INDUSTRY; PULP MILL; RECTUM CANCER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STOMACH CANCER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029816408     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00377876     Document Type: Conference Paper

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