The 1891-1920 birth cohort of Quebec chrysotile miners and millers: Development from 1904 and mortality to 1992

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-36

  Liddell, F D K ^a,c   McDonald, A D ^b   McDonald, J C ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS MINES; ASBESTOS ORE TREATMENT; CARCINOGENS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; PULMONARY DISEASES;

CHRYSOTILE; MORTALITY;

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

CHRYSOTILE;

ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; DUST EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINER; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASBESTOS, SERPENTINE; ASBESTOSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MINING; NEOPLASMS; QUEBEC;

EID: 0031043083     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(96)00044-0     Document Type: Article

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