A meta-analysis of cohort studies describing mortality and cancer incidence among chemical workers in the United States and Western Europe

Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 727-740

  Greenberg, Raymond S ^a   Mandel, Jack S ^b   Pastides, Harris ^c   Britton, Nicole L ^b   Rudenko, Larisa ^d   Starr, Thomas B ^e  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Exponent ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d Integrative Biostrategies LLC   (United States)

^e TBS Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder neoplasms; Cancer incidence; Chemical industry; Lower respiratory tract neoplasms; Lymphohematopoietic neoplasms; Mortality; Occupational exposures; Worker health

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

BLADDER CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RESEARCH; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDERS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SOUTH CAROLINA; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035211997     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-200111000-00023     Document Type: Review

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