Mortality study of workers compensated for asbestosis in Poland, 1970-1997

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 267-278

  Szeszenia Da̧browska, Neonila ^a   Wilczyńska, Urszula ^a   Szymczak, Wiesław ^a   Strzelecka, Alicja ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Asbestosis; Cohort study; Lung cancer; Mortality; Pleural mesothelioma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; POLAND; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 0036382570     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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