Proportionate mortality among unionized construction ironworkers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 176-187

  Stern, Frank B ^a   Sweeney, Marie Haring ^a   Ward, Elizabeth ^a  

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

Author keywords

construction; injuries; ironworker; lung cancer; proportionate mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CONSTRUCTION WORK; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; TRADE UNION;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRON; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0031040774     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199702)31:2<176::AID-AJIM7>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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