Mortality patterns among residents in Louisiana's industrial corridor, USA, 1970-99

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 295-304

  Tsai, S P ^a   Cardarelli, K M ^b   Wendt, J K ^a   Fraser, A E ^a  

^a SHELL OIL COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INFANT; KIDNEY CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE DIFFERENCE; STOMACH CANCER; TIME; UNITED STATES; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUCASIAN; INDUSTRY; INFANT MORTALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEGRO; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

PIERINAE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LOUISIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 1842453692     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2003.007831     Document Type: Article

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