Cancer mortality among textile workers in Shanghai, China: A preliminary study

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 955-958

  Fang, Shona C ^a   Eisen, Ellen A ^a   Dai, Helian ^b   Zhang, Hongxi ^b   Hang, Jingqing ^b   Wang, Xiaorong ^a   Christiani, David C ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Putuo District People's Hospital ^*  (China)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PILOT STUDY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SILK; TEXTILE WORKER;

ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TEXTILES;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 33748710652     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000232527.76794.62     Document Type: Article

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