Historical cohort mortality study of a continuous filament fiberglass manufacturing plant: I. White men

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 432-441

  Chiazze Jr , Leonard ^a   Watkins, Deborah K ^a   Fryar, Cheryl ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLASS INDUSTRY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; GLASS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0343811744     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199705000-00009     Document Type: Article

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