Cohort study of mortality among leather tanners in the lower Valdarno area (Tuscany);Studio di coorte di mortalità degli addetti alla concia del cuoio e delle pelli nel territorio dell'azienda USL 11 - Zona Valdarno Inferiore

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 95-107

  Iaia, T E ^a   Bartoli, D ^a   Calzoni, P ^a   Comba, P ^a   De Santis, M ^a   Dini, F ^a   Ercolanelli, M ^a   Farina, G A ^a   Pirastu, R ^a   Seniori Costantini, A ^a   Valiani, M ^a  

^a A USL 11 Valdarno Inferiore   (Italy)

Author keywords

Italy; Leather tanners; Mortality study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE CANCER; ITALY; KIDNEY CANCER; LEATHER INDUSTRY; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; STOMACH CANCER; URINARY TRACT CANCER; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; TANNING;

EID: 0036522388     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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