Mortality from cancer and chronic respiratory diseases among workers who manufacture carbon electrodes

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 484-487

  Donato, Francesco ^a   Monarca, S ^a   Marchionna, G ^b   Rossi, A ^a   Cicioni, C ^c   Chiesa, R ^a   Colin, D ^d   Boffetta, P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b UO Dipartimento di Igiene e   (Italy)

^c USL n 1   (Italy)

^d INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon electrode manufacturing; Historical cohort study; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

CARBON; GRAPHITE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; ITALY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; SKIN CANCER; STOMACH CANCER;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; LUNG DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034130942     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.57.7.484     Document Type: Article

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