Mortality from asthma and cancer among sulfite mill workers

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 12-17

  Andersson, Eva ^a   Nilsson, Tohr ^b   Persson, Bodil ^c   Wingren, Gun ^c   Torén, Kjell ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Sundsvall General Hospital   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Case referent study; Epidemiology; Lung cancer; Mortality; Obstructive lung diseases; Stomach cancer

Indexed keywords

SULFITE;

ASTHMA; CANCER; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MILL WORKERS; MORTALITY RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULP MILL; STOMACH CANCER;

SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 0031960331     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.273     Document Type: Article

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