Case-control study of cancer risk in tetraethyl lead manufacturing

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 28-35

  Fayerweather, William E ^a   Elizabeth Karns, M ^b   Nuwayhid, Iman A ^c   Nelson, Thomas J ^c  

^a OWENS CORNING   (United States)

^b Corporate Research Group Inc ^*  (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

colon cancer; epidemiology; occupational cancer; organic lead; rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

TETRAETHYLLEAD;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RECTUM CANCER;

EID: 1842370943     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199701)31:1<28::AID-AJIM5>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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