Asbestos related mortality in Northern Ireland: 1985-1994

Journal of Public Health Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 95-101

  O'Reilly, D ^a   Reid, J ^a   Middleton, R ^a   Gavin, A T ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Asbestosis; Mesothelioma; Peritoneal cancer

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; AUTOPSY; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERITONEUM CANCER; PLEURA CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORTHERN IRELAND; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0033066015     PISSN: 09574832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/21.1.95     Document Type: Article

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