Mortality in a group of tar distillery workers and roofers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 133-137

  Swaen, Gerard M H ^a   Slangen, Jos M M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Carcinogenicity; Coal tar; Epidemiology; Occupation; Roofers

Indexed keywords

COAL TAR;

ARTICLE; BIOSTATISTICS; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRACHEA CANCER;

CAUSE OF DEATH; COAL TAR; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030870164     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050197     Document Type: Article

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