A cohort mortality study of chemical laboratory workers at Department of Energy nuclear plants

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 656-667

  Kubale, Travis ^a   Hiratzka, Shannon ^a   Henn, Scott ^a   Markey, Andrea ^a   Daniels, Robert ^a   Utterback, David ^a   Waters, Kathy ^a   Silver, Sharon ^a   Robinson, Cynthia ^a   Macievic, Gregory ^a   Lodwick, Jeffrey ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Department of Energy; Laboratory workers; Mortality study; Multiple myeloma

Indexed keywords

BENZENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM TUMOR; HUMAN; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEOPLASM; NUCLEAR INDUSTRY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COHORT STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POWER PLANTS; TENNESSEE; URANIUM;

EID: 49649119506     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20601     Document Type: Article

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