Exposure of Danish workers to trichloroethylene, 1947-1989

Applied Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 693-703

  Raaschou Nielsen, O ^a   Hansen, J ^a   Thomsen, B L ^a   Johansen, I ^b   Lipworth, L ^c,d   McLaughlin, J K ^c,d   Olsen, J H ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^c INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Historical trend; Occupational exposure; Trichloroethylene

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHARCOAL; HALIDE; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; DENMARK; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINT INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SHOE INDUSTRY; WORKER;

ADULT; AGED; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; JOB DESCRIPTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOLVENTS; TIME FACTORS; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0036786096     PISSN: 1047322X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10473220290096186     Document Type: Article

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