Mortality patterns among industrial workers exposed to chloroprene and other substances. I. General mortality patterns

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 166, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 285-300

  Marsh, Gary M ^a   Youk, Ada O ^a   Buchanich, Jeanine M ^a   Cunningham, Michael ^a   Esmen, Nurtan A ^b   Hall, Thomas A ^c   Phillips, Margaret L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chloroprene; Cohort study; Liver cancer; Lung cancer; Mortality; Vinyl chloride

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPRENE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHLOROPRENE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; IRELAND; KENTUCKY; LOUISIANA; MALE; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

EID: 33947168166     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2006.08.011     Document Type: Article

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