A 26-year cohort mortality study of french construction workers aged 20 to 64 years

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 546-556

  Thuret, Anne ^a   Geoffroy Perez, Béatrice ^a   Luce, Danièle ^a   Goldberg, Marcel ^a   Imbernon, Ellen ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUE COLLAR WORKER; CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; FALLING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUTH CAVITY; PHARYNX; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORKER;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY;

EID: 34248346381     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3180577714     Document Type: Article

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