Mortality in dry-cleaning workers: An update

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 121-132

  Ruder, Avima M ^a   Ward, Elizabeth M ^a   Brown, David P ^b  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer mortality; Cohort studies; Occupational exposure; Solvents; Tetrachloroethylene

Indexed keywords

TETRACHLOROETHYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; DUODENUM DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE CANCER; LAUNDRY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMONIA; REVIEW; STOMACH DISEASE; TONGUE CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; WORKER;

AGED; CARCINOGENS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; LAUNDERING; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOLVENTS; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035134287     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0274(200102)39:2<121::AID-AJIM1000>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Review

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