Cohort study of art glass workers in Tuscany, Italy: Mortality from non-malignant diseases

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 441-445

  Bartoli, D ^a,c   Battista, G ^b   De Santis, M ^e   Iaia, T E ^a,c   Orsi, D ^b   Tarchi, M ^a,c   Pirastu, R ^c,d   Valiani, M ^a,c  

^a Azienda USL n 11   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e Laboratorio di Igiene Ambientale ^*

Author keywords

Cancer; Genitourinary diseases; Glass workers; Hypertensive disease; Makers and formers; Pneumoconiosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLASS INDUSTRY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; LARYNX CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL CARCINOGENESIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH CANCER; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 0031675321     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/48.7.441     Document Type: Article

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