Mortality study in an italian oil refinery: Extension of the follow-up

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 287-294

  Consonni, Dario ^a   Pesatori, Angela Cecilia ^b   Tironi, Adriana ^b   Bernucci, Ilaria ^b   Zocchetti, Carlo ^a   Bertazzi, Pier Alberto ^b  

^a Clinica del Lavoro L Devoto   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Benzene; Epidemiology; Leukemia; Lymphoma; Mortality; Occupational cancer; Oil refinery

Indexed keywords

BENZENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ITALY; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MESOTHELIOMA; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OIL INDUSTRY;

CARCINOGENS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROLEUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032964559     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199903)35:3<287::AID-AJIM9>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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