Mortality and cancer incidence in workers in two Australian prebake aluminium smelters

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 464-470

  Sim, Malcolm R ^a   Del Monaco, A ^a   Hoving, J L ^b   MacFarlane, E ^a   McKenzie, D ^a   Benke, G ^a   De Klerk, N ^c   Fritschi, L ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLADDER CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MELANOMA; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SMELTER; STOMACH CANCER; TESTIS CANCER; THYROID CANCER; TRACHEA CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALUMINUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650492722     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2008.040964     Document Type: Article

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