Mortality of industrial workers exposed to acrylonitrile

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1998, Pages 25-41

  Blair, Aaron ^a   Stewart, Patricia A ^a   Zaebst, Dennis D ^b   Pottern, Linda ^c   Zey, John N ^d   Bloom, Thomas F ^b   Miller, Barry ^a   Ward, Elizabeth ^b   Lubin, Jay ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cohort study; Industrial workers; Lung cancer; Nested case control study

Indexed keywords

ACRYLONITRILE;

ACRYLONITRILE; CANCER; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FIBER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING HABIT;

ACRYLONITRILE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0031818618     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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