Coronary heart: Disease mortality among Newfoundland fluorspar miners

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 221-226

  Villeneuve, Paul J ^a   Morrison, Howard I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b LAB CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Healthy worker effect; Occupational exposure; Radon

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM FLUORIDE; RADON;

CORONARY HEART DISEASE; FLUORSPAR MINERS; MORTALITY RISK; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RADON EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND;

EID: 0030808243     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.202     Document Type: Article

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