Low-level hexavalent chromium exposure and rate of mortality among US chromate production employees

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 381-385

  Luippold, Rose S ^a   Mundt, Kenneth A ^a   Dell, Linda D ^a   Birk, Thomas ^b  

^a ENVIRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b ENVIRON Germany GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIC ACID; CHROMIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; DRUG EXPOSURE; EMPLOYEE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; POPULATION RESEARCH; UNITED STATES; WORKER;

CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMIUM; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 17144391814     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000158703.32263.0d     Document Type: Article

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