A follow-up study of synthetic rubber workers

Toxicology

Volumn 113, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 182-189

  Delzell, Elizabeth ^a,b   Sathiakumar, Nalini ^b   Hovinga, Mary ^b   Macaluso, Maurizio ^b   Julian, Jim ^c   Larson, Rodney ^d   Cole, Philip ^b   Muir, David C F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

1,3 butadiene; carcinogenicity; leukemia; styrene

Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTADIENE; STYRENE;

CARCINOGENICITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBBER INDUSTRY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030605080     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0300-483X(96)03443-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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