Asbestos-related cancers in refinery workers in the Australian petroleum industry

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-16

  Gun, Richard ^a   Pratt, Nicole L ^a   Roder, David M ^b   Ryan, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CANCER COUNCIL SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asbestos related cancer; Mesothelioma; Petroleum industry

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; PETROLEUM;

ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; AUSTRALIA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; INDUSTRY; INTERVIEW; LUNG TUMOR; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; REGISTER;

ASBESTOS; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INTERVIEWS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROLEUM; REGISTRIES;

EID: 34247620797     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: 21544700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.61.1.11-16     Document Type: Article

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