Mortality from cancer and other diseases in poultry slaughtering/processing plants

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1142-1150

  Johnson, Eric S ^a,b   Shorter, Charles ^a   Rider, Barbara ^a   Jiles, Ruth ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIAN LEUKOSIS ONCOVIRUS; AVIAN LYMPHOMATOSIS HERPETOVIRUS; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FOOD PROCESSING; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; HERPES VIRUS; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; MEAT INDUSTRY; MURINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TURKEY (BIRD); UNITED STATES; VIRUS TRANSFORMATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ABATTOIRS; ANIMALS; BALTIMORE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD HANDLING; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT-PACKING INDUSTRY; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POULTRY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031449284     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.6.1142     Document Type: Article

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