Mortality rates among trichlorophenol workers with exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 501-506

  Collins, James J ^a   Bodner, Kenneth ^a   Aylward, Lesa L ^b   Wilken, Michael ^a   Bodnar, Catherine M ^a  

^a DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^b LLP   (United States)

Author keywords

Dioxins; Neoplasms; Phenols; Sarcoma; Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; TRICHLOROPHENOL DERIVATIVE;

BLOOD SYSTEM DISORDER; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SERUM; SITE INVESTIGATION; TCDD; TUMOR; WORKER POLICING; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHLOROPHENOLS; DIOXINS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

MICHIGAN; MIDLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68149124914     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp153     Document Type: Article

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