Brain tumors among electronics industry workers

Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-130

  Beall, Colleen ^a,b   Delzell, Elizabeth ^a   Cole, Philip ^a   Brill, Ilene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

brain neoplasm; electronics industry; occupational disease

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030059408     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199603000-00004     Document Type: Article

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