Mortality of United Kingdom acrylonitrile workers - An extended and updated study

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1998, Pages 17-24

  Benn, Trevor ^a   Osborne, Kenneth ^a  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY EXECUTIVE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acrylic fiber; Cancer occupational cohort; Polymerization

Indexed keywords

ACRYLONITRILE;

ACRYLONITRILE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY RATE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER MORTALITY; CARCINOGENESIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; FIBER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACRYLONITRILE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

UK;

EID: 0031869770     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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