A cohort study of Swedish capacitor manufacturing workers exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 234-239

  Gustavsson, Per ^a   Hogstedt, Christer ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Capacitor worker; Circulatory diseases; Cohort study; Liver and bile duct cancer; PCBs

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTRONICS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030857426     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199709)32:3<234::AID-AJIM8>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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