Estimated effects of solvents and mineral oils on cancer incidence and mortality in a cohort of aerospace workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 249-258

  Zhao, Yingxu ^a   Krishnadasan, Anusha ^a   Kennedy, Nola ^a   Morgenstern, Hal ^b   Ritz, Beate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer incidence; Cancer mortality; Cox model; Mineral oils; Occupational cohort; Trichloroethylene

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; MINERAL OIL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SOLVENT; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; BLADDER CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; EMPLOYEE; EMPLOYMENT; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANCREAS CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; SKIN CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AVIATION; CALIFORNIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MINERAL OIL; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLVENTS;

EID: 26644438109     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20216     Document Type: Article

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