Vinyl chloride and liver and brain cancer at a polymer production plant in Louisville, Kentucky

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 533-537

  Lewis, Richard ^a,c   Rempala, Grzegorz ^a   Dell, Linda D ^b   Mundt, Kenneth A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b Applied Epidemiology Inc   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER; VINYL CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; VINYL CHLORIDE;

EID: 0037846474     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000058348.05741.1d     Document Type: Article

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