Mortality from solid cancers among workers in formaldehyde industries

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 159, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1117-1130

  Hauptmann, Michael ^a   Lubin, Jay H ^a   Stewart, Patricia A ^a   Hayes, Richard B ^a   Blair, Aaron ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinogens; Cohort studies; Formaldehyde; Lung; Mortality; Nasopharynx; Neoplasms; Occupational health

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; ASBESTOS; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; CARBON; DYE; FORMALDEHYDE; MELAMINE; METHENAMINE; PHENOL; PIGMENT; PLASTICIZER; UREA;

CANCER; FORMALDEHYDE; HEALTH IMPACT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NOSE CAVITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANCREAS CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLID TUMOR; STANDARDIZATION; WOOD DUST;

ADULT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COHORT STUDIES; DISINFECTANTS; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2942550602     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwh174     Document Type: Article

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