Cancer mortality in workers exposed to dieldrin and aldrin: An update

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 63-70

  Swaen, Gerard Mh ^a   de Jong, Geert ^b   Slangen, Jos Jm ^a   Van Amelsvoort, Ludovic Gpm ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

aldrin; carcinogenicity; dieldren; epidemiology; exposure; occupation

Indexed keywords

ALDRIN; DIELDRIN; INSECTICIDE;

ASSAY; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER MORTALITY; CARCINOGENIC ACTIVITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHRONIC TOXICITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMPLOYEE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW; STANDARD; WORKER;

ALDRIN; COHORT STUDIES; DIELDRIN; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037702523     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0748233702th132oa     Document Type: Article

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