A nested case-control study of brain tumors among employees at a petroleum exploration and extraction research facility

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 791-802

  Buffler, Patricia A ^a   Kelsh, Michael A ^b   Kalmes, Renee M ^b   Lau, Edmund C ^b   Chapman, Pamela S ^b   Wood, Susan M ^c   Brorby, Greg P ^b   Silva, J Michael ^d   Hooper, H Christopher ^d   Rizzo, Barbara Dowdle ^a   Wood, Ralph ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^c Research Administration Services   (United States)

^d Enertech Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PETROLEUM; SOLVENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK;

AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CALIFORNIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PETROLEUM; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 34447338623     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318076b7bf     Document Type: Article

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