All-cause and cause specific mortality in a cohort of 20 000 construction workers; results from a 10 year follow up

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 419-425

  Arndt, V ^a   Rothenbacher, D ^a   Daniel, U ^b   Zschenderlein, B ^b   Schuberth, S ^b   Brenner, H ^a  

^a GERMAN CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON AGEING   (Germany)

^b Occupational Health Service   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSTRUCTION WORK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 2442487848     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2003.008680     Document Type: Article

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