Cancer mortality in workers exposed to dieldrin and aldrin: Over 50 years of follow up

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 217-225

  Amelsvoort, Ludovic G P M ^a   Slangen, Jos J M ^a   Tsai, Shan P ^b   Jong, Geert ^c   Kant, IJmert ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SHELL OIL COMPANY   (United States)

^c SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Aldrin; Carcinogenicity; Cohort; Dieldrin; Epidemiology; Exposure; Occupation

Indexed keywords

ALDRIN; DIELDRIN; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 58249142327     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-008-0325-1     Document Type: Article

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