A mortality study of oil refinery and petrochemical employees

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 448-454

  Tsai, Shan P ^a   Gilstrap, Elizabeth L ^a   Colangelo, Terri A ^a   Menard, A Kirk ^a   Ross, Charles E ^a  

^a SHELL OIL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OIL INDUSTRY; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; VITAL STATISTICS; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL OILS; LOUISIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030952488     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199705000-00011     Document Type: Article

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