An epidemic of lung cancer due to chloromethyl ethers: 30 years of observation

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1003-1009

  Weiss, William ^a,c   Nash, Denis ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ONSET AGE;

ADULT; AGED; BIS(CHLOROMETHYL) ETHER; CARCINOGENS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHILADELPHIA; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030768183     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199710000-00012     Document Type: Article

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