Mortality from non-malignant diseases in a cohort of female pulp and paper workers in Norway

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 741-745

  Langseth, H ^a   Kjaerheim K ^a  

^a CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DUST EXPOSURE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULP MILL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAPER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33750596853     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2005.024232     Document Type: Article

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