Cancer mortality among laundry and dry cleaning workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 614-619

  Walker, James T ^a   Burnett, Carol A ^a   Lalich, Nina R ^a   Sestito, John P ^a   Halperin, William E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinogenicity; Chlorinated ethylenes; Chlorinated hydrocarbons; Dry cleaning industry; Dry cleaning solvents; Laundering industry; Malignant neoplasms; Mortality data; Organic solvents; Tetrachloroethylene; Women

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; ORGANIC SOLVENT; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; LAUNDRY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TRACHEA CANCER; WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAUNDERING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030708726     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199712)32:6<614::AID-AJIM7>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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