Gastrointestinal cancer mortality of workers in occupations with high asbestos exposures

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 713-718

  Kang, Seong Kyu ^a,c   Burnett, Carol A ^a,b   Freund, Eugene ^a   Walker, James ^a   Lalich, Nina ^a   Sestito, John ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b MailStop R 18 ^*  (United States)

^c Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency   (South Korea)

Author keywords

asbestos exposure; gastrointestinal cancer; mesothelioma; mortality; occupation

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CARCINOGEN;

ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PLEURA CANCER; STOMACH CANCER;

ASBESTOS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030937734     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199706)31:6<713::AID-AJIM7>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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