End-stage renal disease among silica-exposed gold miners: A new method for assessing incidence among epidemiologic cohorts

JAMA

Volumn 277, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 1219-1223

  Calvert, Geoffrey M ^a   Steenland, Kyle ^a   Palu, Sue ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030956599     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.277.15.1219     Document Type: Article

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