Cancer mortality among electric utility workers exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 720-728

  Loomis, Dana ^a,b   Browning, Steven R ^c   Schenck, Anna P ^a   Gregory, Eileen ^a   Savitz, David A ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric utility workers; Malignant melanoma; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MELANOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030777254     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.54.10.720     Document Type: Article

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