Leukaemia incidence among workers in the shoe and boot manufacturing industry: A case-control study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Forand, Steven P ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CANCER RISK; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EMPLOYER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEUKEMIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHOE INDUSTRY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DUST; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LEUKEMIA; MALE; NEW YORK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; REGISTRIES; SHOES; SOLVENTS;

EID: 34250691096     PISSN: 1476069X     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-3-7     Document Type: Article

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