Mortalities of workers at the Nitro plant with exposure to 2-mercaptobenzothialzole

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 667-671

  Collins, James J ^a   Strauss, Marcie E ^b   Riordan, Susan G ^b  

^a Solutia   (United States)

^b MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

4 Aminobiphenyl; Cancer; Confounding exposure; Exposure misclassification; Mercaptobenzothiazole

Indexed keywords

4 BIPHENYLAMINE; MERCAPTOBENZOTHIAZOLE; RUBBER;

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032881496     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.56.10.667     Document Type: Article

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