Cohort mortality study of Swedish pulp and paper mill workers - Nonmalignant diseases

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 470-478

  Andersson, Eva ^a   Persson, Bodil ^b   Bryngelsson, Ing Liss ^c   Magnuson, Anders ^c   Torén, Kjell ^a   Wingren, Gun ^d   Westberg, Håken ^c  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Diabetes mellitus; Dust; Exposure database; Myocardial infarction; Rheumatoid arthritis; Shift work; Sulfate pulping; Sulfite pulping

Indexed keywords

SULFATE; SULFITE;

COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; MENS HEALTH; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; RESPIRATORY DISEASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DUST; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PAPER INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULP MILL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHIFT WORKER; SWEDEN; WORK SCHEDULE;

EID: 40749128070     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.1173     Document Type: Article

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