Survival in cohorts of asbestos cement workers and controls

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 87-93

  Albin, M ^a   Horstmann, V ^a   Jakobsson, K ^a   Welinder, H ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Asbestos cement workers; Dose; Survival

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CEMENT INDUSTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DUST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0030025929     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.53.2.87     Document Type: Article

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