A cancer incidence and mortality study of Dow Chemical Canada Inc. manufacturing sites

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 618-624

  Burns, Carol ^a   Harrison, Ken ^a   Jammer, Brenda ^a   Zuccarini, Dores ^a   Lafrance, Bryan ^a  

^a DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Cohort; Epidemiology; Occupation exposure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER;

ADULT; ASBESTOS; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 30744434863     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqi145     Document Type: Article

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