Cancer mortality in women with probable exposure to silica: A death certificate study in 24 states of the U.S.

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 122-128

  Fillmore, Capri Mara ^a   Petralia, Sandra A ^a   Dosemeci, Mustafa ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Occupational exposure; PMRs; Pneumoconiosis; Silica; Women

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; THYROID CANCER;

CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SILICON DIOXIDE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0032981161     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199907)36:1<122::AID-AJIM17>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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