Mortality of Plastic-Ware Workers Exposed to Radiofrequencies

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 418-421

  Lagorio, Susanna ^a   Rossi, Sonia ^b   Vecchia, Paolo ^a,c   De Santis, Marco ^a   Bastianini, Lucia ^b   Fusilli, Michele ^b   Ferrucci, Alvaro ^b   Desideri, Enrico ^b   Comba, Pietro ^a  

^a National Health Institute   (Italy)

^b Local Health Unit   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Non ionizing radiation; Occupational cancer

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISEASES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; IONIZING RADIATION; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

EXPOSED TO; FOLLOW UP; NONIONIZING RADIATION; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; POWER; RADIOFREQUENCIES; RADIOFREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; RATIO ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIOS; WORKERS';

RISK ASSESSMENT;

PLASTIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLASTICS; RADIO WAVES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0030630629     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-186x(1997)18:6<418::aid-bem3>3.0.co;2-5     Document Type: Article

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