Mortality studies of metalworking fluid exposure in the automobile industry: VI. A case-control study of esophageal cancer

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 36-48

  Sullivan, Patricia A ^a,b   Eisen, Ellen A ^a   Woskie, Susan R ^a   Kriebel, David ^a   Wegman, David H ^a   Hallock, Marilyn F ^c   Hammond, S Katharine ^d   Tolbert, Paige E ^e   Smith, Thomas J ^f   Monson, Richard R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

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

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Automobile workers; Coolants; Cutting fluids; Esophageal cancer; Esophageal neoplasms; Grinding; Machining fluids; Metal removal fluids; Metalworking fluids; Nitrosamine

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; ETHANOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; METAL; NITROSAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL CARCINOGENESIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT;

AUTOMOBILES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ETHANOLAMINES; HUMANS; METALS; MICHIGAN; NITROSAMINES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031867103     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199807)34:1<36::AID-AJIM6>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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