Mortality among a cohort of garment workers exposed to formaldehyde: An update

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 193-200

  Pinkerton, L E ^a   Hein, M J ^a   Stayner, L T ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LUNG CANCER; MORTALITY; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NOSE CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TRACHEA CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOGENS; CLOTHING; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORMALDEHYDE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PENNSYLVANIA;

BRONCHUS;

EID: 1542509944     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2003.007476     Document Type: Review

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