Proportionate mortality among unionized roofers and waterproofers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 478-492

  Stern, Frank B ^a   Ruder, Avima M ^a   Chen, Guang ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancers; Construction; Injuries; Proportionate mortality ratio; Roofer; Waterproofer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASBESTOS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COAL TAR; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GLASS; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; LABOR UNIONS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0034082914     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(200005)37:5<478::AID-AJIM4>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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