Mortality among workers in the geothermal power plants at Larderello, Italy

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 536-539

  Pira, Enrico ^a   Turbiglio, Marco ^a   Maroni, Marco ^b   Carrer, Paolo ^b   La Vecchia, Carlo ^b   Negri, Eva ^c   Iachetta, Roberto ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^d ENEL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asbestos related diseases; Cohort mortality study; EURELEX project; Geothermal power plants; Job exposure matrix

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; BIOENERGY; CARCINOGENICITY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD;

ASBESTOS; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH CERTIFICATES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; HUMANS; ITALY; LEUKEMIA; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; POWER PLANTS; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 0032941428     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199905)35:5<536::AID-AJIM12>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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