Cancer mortality and morbidity among Lithuanian asbestos-cement producing workers

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 64-70

  Smailyte, Giedre ^a   Kurtinaitis, Juozas ^a   Andersen, Aage ^b  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Asbestos cement workers; Cancer incidence; Chrysotile; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ASBESTOS; CANCER; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LITHUANIA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION;

BALTIC STATES; EURASIA; EUROPE; LITHUANIA; NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 1442326711     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.766     Document Type: Article

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