Cohort mortality study among French asphalt workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 58-68

  Stücker, Isabelle ^a   Meguellati, Djamila ^a   Boffetta, Paolo ^b   Cénée, Sylvie ^a   Margelin, Dominique ^a   Hémon, Denis ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Asphalt; Cancer; Historical cohort; Occupational exposure

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; COAL TAR;

AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LIFESTYLE; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODEL; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; STANDARDIZATION; STOMACH CANCER;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037226742     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10140     Document Type: Article

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