Ischemic heart disease mortality among heavy equipment operators

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 16-22

  Finkelstein, Murray M ^a,d   Verma, Dave K ^a   Sahai, Dru ^b   Stefov, Evelyn ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Constr Safety Assoc of Ontario ^*  (Canada)

^c Ontario Ministry of Labour   (Canada)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Construction; Diesel exhaust; Heart disease; Mortality; Particulate exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MESOTHELIOMA; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; COHORT STUDIES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; HUMANS; LABOR UNIONS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 3042701182     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20036     Document Type: Article

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