Underlying and multiple cause mortality in a cohort of workers exposed to aromatic amines

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 506-511

  Axtell, Catherine D ^a   Ward, Elizabeth M ^b   McCabe, George P ^c   Schulte, Paul A ^b   Stern, Frank B ^b   Glickman, Lawrence T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

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

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatic amines; Bladder cancer; Cohort; Mortality; Multiple cause of death data

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC AMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AMINES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031694666     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199811)34:5<506::AID-AJIM12>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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