Mortality among a cohort of electric utility workers, 1960-1991

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 534-544

  Kelsh, Michael A ^a,c   Sahl, Jack D ^b  

^a EcoAnalysls Inc   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON   (United States)

^c Environmental Health Strategies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

cohort; electric utility workers; healthy worker effect; mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC INJURY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEMALE; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CALIFORNIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ELECTRICITY; FEMALE; HEALTHY WORKER EFFECT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0030992120     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199705)31:5<534::AID-AJIM6>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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