Cancer mortality among man-made vitreous fiber production workers

Epidemiology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 259-268

  Boffetta, Paolo ^a   Saracci, Rodolfo ^a,b   Andersen, Aage ^c   Bertazzi, Pier A ^d   Chang Claude, Jenny ^e   Cherrie, John ^f   Ferro, Gilles ^a   Frentzel Beyme, Reiner ^g   Hansen, Johnni ^h   Olsen, Jørgen ^h   Plato, Nils ⁱ   Teppo, Lyly ^j   Westerholm, Peter ^k   Winter, Paul D ^l   Zocchetti, Carlo ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^g Inst of Prev and Social Medicine   (Germany)

^h DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

ⁱ KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^j FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^l Med Res Cncl Environ E   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

cohort study; lung cancer; man made mineral fibers; man made vitreous fibers; mesothelioma; occupational diseases

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS FIBER; ASPHALT; GLASS; MINERAL FIBER;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERMANY; HUMAN; ITALY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROCK; SLAG; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; WOOL; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKER; WORKROOM AIR;

EID: 0030937686     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199705000-00006     Document Type: Article

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