Elevated mortality from nonalcohol-related chronic liver disease among female rubber workers: Is it associated with exposure to nitrosamines?

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 264-271

  Straif, Kurt ^a   Weiland, Stephan ^b   Werner, Barbara ^b   Wienke, Andreas ^b   Keil, Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Female rubber workers; Liver cirrhosis; Nitrosamines; Occupational risk factors

Indexed keywords

NITROSAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER TOXICITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RUBBER INDUSTRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; NITROSAMINES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RUBBER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032954250     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199903)35:3<264::AID-AJIM6>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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