Mortality update of workers exposed to acrylonitrile in The Netherlands

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 691-698

  Swaen, Gerard M H ^a   Bloemen, Louis J N ^b   Twisk, Jan ^b   Scheffers, Theo ^c   Slangen, Jos J M ^a   Collins, James J ^d   Ten Berge, Wil F J P ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DOW BENELUX B V   (Netherlands)

^c DSM RESOLVE   (Netherlands)

^d University of Limburg ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLONITRILE;

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARCINOGENICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NITROGEN FIXATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

ACRYLONITRILE; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOGENS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FERTILIZERS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 3242741014     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000128161.17144.27     Document Type: Article

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