Cohort mortality study of pulp and paper mill workers in British Columbia, Canada

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 186-194

  Band, Pierre R ^a,b   Le, Nhu D ^a   Fang, Raymond ^a   Threlfall, William J ^a   Astrakianakis, George ^a   Anderson, Judith T L ^a   Keefe, Anya ^a   Krewski, Daniel ^b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Industry; Mortality; Neoplasms; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAPER INDUSTRY; PULP MILL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKPLACE;

MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MILL WORKERS; MORTALITY RATE;

CANADA;

EID: 0031419966     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009250     Document Type: Article

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