A 50-year mortality follow-up of a large cohort of oil refinery workers in Texas

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 492-506

  Satin, Kenneth P ^a   Wong, Otto ^b   Yuan, Leslie A ^a   Bailey, William J ^a   Newton, Kimberly L ^a   Wen, Chi Pang ^a   Swencicki, Robert E ^a  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b Applied Health Sciences Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; BENZENE;

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OIL INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES;

CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROLEUM; TEXAS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030007815     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199605000-00010     Document Type: Article

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