Long-term follow-up mortality study of petroleum refinery and chemical plant employees

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 75-87

  Tsai, Shan P ^a   Gilstrap, Elizabeth L ^a   Cowles, Sally R ^a   Snyder, Philip J ^a   Ross, Charles E ^a  

^a SHELL OIL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

chemical industry; cohort study; occupational cancer; petroleum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PETROLEUM; TEXAS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030042594     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199601)29:1<75::AID-AJIM10>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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