Case-series investigation of intracranial neoplasms at a petrochemical research facility

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 450-458

  Delzell, Elizabeth ^b   Beall, Colleen ^c   Rodu, Brad ^a   Lees, Peter S J ^c   Breysse, Patrick N ^c   Cole, Philip ^c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University Station   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Brain cancer; Case series investigations; Chemical industry; Intracranial tumor; Occupational epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BRAIN CANCER; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CASE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHICAGO; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROLEUM; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RESEARCH; SEX FACTORS; VESTIBULAR NERVE;

EID: 0032882158     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199910)36:4<450::AID-AJIM6>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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