Historical Cohort Study of U.S. Man-Made Vitreous Fiber Production Workers IX: Summary of 1992 Mortality Follow Up and Analysis of Respiratory System Cancer among Female Workers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-67

  Stone, Roslyn A ^a   Youk, Ada O ^a   Marsh, Gary M ^a   Buchanich, Jeanine M ^a   Smith, Thomas J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HISTORY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POPULATION RESEARCH; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLASS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RESPIRATORY TRACT NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0346456957     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000105905.60844.e1     Document Type: Article

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