A follow-up study of women in the synthetic rubber industry: Study methods

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 166, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 25-28

  Sathiakumar, Nalini ^a   Delzell, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality study methods; Women synthetic rubber workers

Indexed keywords

1,3 BUTADIENE; DIMETHYLDITHIOCARBAMIC ACID; RUBBER; STYRENE;

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OVARY TUMOR; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUBBER INDUSTRY;

ANIMALS; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RATS; RUBBER; UNITED STATES; VITAL STATISTICS;

MUS; RATTUS;

EID: 33947153756     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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