Mortality among shipyard Coast Guard workers: A retrospective cohort study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 651-658

  Krstev, S ^b,c   Stewart, P ^b   Rusiecki, J ^b,d   Blair, A ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Institute of Occupational and Radiological Health ^*  (United States)

^c CLINICAL CENTER OF SERBIA   (Serbia)

^d Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARPENTER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPHYSEMA; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOB ANALYSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MORTALITY; MOUTH CANCER; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; SEASHORE; SHIPYARD WORKER; VASCULAR LESION;

ADULT; AGED; BALTIMORE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSALITY; COHORT STUDIES; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SHIPS;

EID: 34748919099     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2006.029652     Document Type: Article

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