Mortality experience of a young petrochemical industry cohort: 1979- 1992 follow-up study of US-based employees

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 970-982

  Huebner, Wendy W ^a   Schnatter, A Robert ^a   Nicolich, Mark J ^a   Jorgensen, Gail ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MORTALITY; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, CHRONIC; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PETROLEUM; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030820175     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199710000-00009     Document Type: Article

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