Mortality study of two overlapping cohorts of photographic film base manufacturing employees exposed to methylene chloride

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1154-1169

  Hearne, F Terry ^a   Pifer, James W ^a  

^a EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICHLOROMETHANE;

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIVER CANCER; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PHOTOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0344339007     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199912000-00022     Document Type: Article

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