A case-control study of hematopoietic and lymphoid neoplasms: The role of work in the chemical industry

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-27

  Massoudi, Barbara L ^a   Talbott, Evelyn O ^a,c   Day, Richard D ^a   Swerdlow, Steven H ^b   Marsh, Gary M ^a   Kuller, Lewis H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

chemical industry; leukemia; malignant lymphoma; mortality; multiple myeloma, occupational diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM TUMOR; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH;

EID: 0031028253     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0274(199701)31:1<21::aid-ajim4>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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