Asbestos exposure and cancer mortality among petroleum refinery workers: A poisson regression analysis of updated data

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 188-193

  Montanaro, Fabio ^a,c   Ceppi, Marcello ^a   Puntoni, Riccardo ^a   Silvano, Stefania ^b   Gennaro, Valerio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b AUSL5   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Lung cancer; Oil industry; Respiratory diseases; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; EMPLOYMENT; GENDER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; ASBESTOS; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROLEUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 24944509625     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.59.4.188-193     Document Type: Article

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