Mortality and cancer incidence of aircraft maintenance workers exposed to trichloroethylene and other organic solvents and chemicals: Extended follow up

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 161-171

  Blair, Aaron ^a   Hartge, Patricia ^a   Stewart, Patricia A ^a   McAdams, Mary ^b   Lubin, Jay ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Haematopoietic cancer; Lymphatic cancer; Organic solvents; Trichloroethylene

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC SOLVENT; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; AVIATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031920256     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.55.3.161     Document Type: Article

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