Ischemic heart disease mortality among miners and other potentially silica-exposed workers

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 403-408

  Weiner, Jan ^a   Barlow, Lotti ^b   Sjögren, Bengt ^c  

^a Swedish Work Environment Authority   (Sweden)

^b CENTRE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dust; IHD; Inflammation; Ischemic heart disease; Miners; Mortality; Quartz; Silica; Well borers

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINER; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGISTER; SWEDEN;

CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MINING; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; REGISTRIES; RISK; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICOSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 34250021943     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20466     Document Type: Article

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