Mortality among US employees of a large computer manufacturing company: 1969-2001

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Clapp, Richard W ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; MALE; MELANOMA; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PANCREAS CANCER; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; UNITED STATES;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750503573     PISSN: 1476069X     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-5-30     Document Type: Article

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