Mortality of aerospace workers exposed to trichloroethylene

Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 424-431

  Morgan, Robert W ^a   Kelsh, Michael A ^a   Zhao, Ke ^a   Heringer, Shirley ^a  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerospace workers; Cancer; Cohort study; Healthy worker effect; Respiratory disease; Trichloroethylene

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMONAUT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 0031806607     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199807000-00013     Document Type: Article

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