Cancer mortality among petroleum refinery and chemical manufacturing workers in Texas

Journal of Environmental Pathology, Toxicology and Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-14

  Cooper, Sharon P ^a   Labarthe, Darwin ^a   Downs, Thomas ^a   Burau, Keith ^a   Whitehead, Lawrence ^a   Vernon, Sally ^a   Spitz, Margaret ^b   New, Bonnie ^a   Sigurdson, Alice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer in petrochemical industry; Cancer mortality; Occupational cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUEL OILS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PETROLEUM; TEXAS;

EID: 0030852910     PISSN: 07318898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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