Proportionate mortality study of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 950-963

  Lehman, Everett J ^a,b   Hein, Misty J ^a   Estill, Cheryl F ^a  

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

^b M/S R13 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Construction; Pipe fitter; Plumber; Sprinkler fitter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDOCARDIAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ASBESTOSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LABOR UNIONS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57149098804     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20640     Document Type: Article

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