Cohort mortality study of prostate cancer among chemical workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 293-296

  Whorton, M Donald ^a   Amsel, Jon ^c   Mandel, Jack ^b  

^a ENSR Health Sciences ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetic acid; Acetic anhydride; Chemical plant; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACETIC ANHYDRIDE; CELLULOSE ACETATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSTATE CANCER;

ACETIC ACID; ACETIC ANHYDRIDES; AGE FACTORS; BRONCHIAL NEOPLASMS; CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TEXAS; TRACHEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031890331     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199803)33:3<293::AID-AJIM11>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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