Mortality among maintenance employees potentially exposed to asbestos in a refinery and petrochemical plant

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 89-98

  Tsai, Shan P ^a   Waddell Jr , Louis C ^a   Gilstrap, Elizabeth L ^a   Ransdell, Jerry D ^a   Ross, Charles E ^a  

^a SHELL OIL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

asbestos; longitudinal studies; lung cancer; mesothelioma; mortality; neoplasms; refinery workers

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MESOTHELIOMA; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY;

ADULT; ASBESTOS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PETROLEUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030054249     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199601)29:1<89::AID-AJIM11>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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