Introductional results of a mortality study in 471 ex- exposed workers to PCBs;Risultati preliminari di uno studio di mortalità in 471 lavoratori ex esposti a PCBs

Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro ed Ergonomia

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 279-281

  Caironi, M ^a   Olivari, L ^a   Sampietro, G ^a   Mandelli, G ^b   Mosconi, Giovanni ^b,c  

^a ASL Provincia di Bergamo   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^c Responsabile UO Medicina del Lavoro   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemiological study; Mortality; Poly chlorobiphenyles (PCBs)

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; BILE DUCT CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE TUMOR; ITALY; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STOMACH TUMOR;

BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; ITALY; LEUKEMIA; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEX FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 26244455953     PISSN: 15927830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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