Mortality of workers occupationally exposed to refractory ceramic fibers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 440-450

  LeMasters, Grace Kawas ^a   Lockey, James E ^b   Yiin, James H ^b   Hilbert, Timothy J ^b   Levin, Linda S ^b   Rice, Carol H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CERAMIC INDUSTRY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MESOTHELIOMA; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RACE DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

CERAMICS; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; KAOLIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINERAL FIBERS; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OHIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037389177     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000052968.43131.b5     Document Type: Article

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