A 24 year cohort study of mortality in slate workers in North Wales

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 448-453

  Campbell, Michael ^a   Thomas, Hugh ^a   Hodges, Neville ^a   Paul, Ashish ^a   Williams, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Mortality; Pneumoconiosis; Slate workers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINER; MINING; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; COHORT STUDIES; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DUST; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; SILICON DIOXIDE; WALES;

EID: 24944463447     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqi105     Document Type: Article

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