Mortality among workers at the Savannah River Site

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 881-891

  Richardson, David B ^a   Wing, Steve ^a   Wolf, Susanne ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Mortality study; Occupational diseases; Savannah River Site

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PARTTIME EMPLOYMENT; PLEURA CANCER; RIVER; SALARY; SAVANNA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CANCER; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED STATES; WORKER;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RIVERS; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36549026841     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20511     Document Type: Article

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