A cohort mortality study of leather tanners in Tuscany, Italy

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 452-459

  Iaia, Tonina E ^a   Bartoli, Dusca ^a   Calzoni, Paola ^a   Comba, Pietro ^b   De Santis, Marco ^b   Dini, Flavia ^a   Farina, Giuseppe A ^a   Valiani, Mauro ^a   Pirastu, Roberta ^b,c  

^a Azienda USL n 11   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer mortality; Italy; Leather tanning

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BLOOD DISEASE; CALCULATION; CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LEATHER INDUSTRY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; NOSE CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANCREAS CANCER; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTS; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SEX FACTORS; TANNING; VIOLENCE;

EID: 33744488262     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20309     Document Type: Article

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