Mortality among chrome leather tannery workers: An update

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 197-206

  Stern, Frank B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM;

CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMAN; LEATHER INDUSTRY; LIFE TABLE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CAUSE OF DEATH; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MINNESOTA; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; TANNING; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0041764361     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.10242     Document Type: Review

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