Are African-American nuclear workers at lower mortality risk than caucasians?

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 861-871

  Wartenberg, Daniel ^a,b,e   Brown, Sylvia ^a,b   Mohr, Sandra ^a,b,c   Cragle, Donna ^d   Friedlander, Barry ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute   (United States)

^c NATIONAL JEWISH MEDICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

^e EOHSI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEGRO; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0034788351     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-200110000-00005     Document Type: Article

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