Mortality among rubber chemical manufacturing workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 590-598

  Prince, Mary M ^a   Ward, Elizabeth M ^a   Ruder, Avima M ^a   Salvan, Alberto ^b   Roberts, Dennis R ^a  

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

^b Istituto di Ingeneria Biomedica del CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Ischemic heart disease; Occupational cohort mortality; Rubber manufacturing

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; RUBBER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RUBBER INDUSTRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH; NEOPLASMS; NEW YORK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUBBER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034099061     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(200006)37:6<590::AID-AJIM3>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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