Mortality in workers exposed to 2,3,7,8-Tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin at a trichlorophenol plant in New Zealand

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1049-1056

  McBride, David I ^a   Collins, James J ^b   Humphry, Noel F ^c   Herbison, Peter ^a   Bodner, Ken M ^b   Aylward, Lesa L ^d   Burns, Carol J ^b   Wilken, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY   (United States)

^c Dow Chemical Company Australia   (Australia)

^d LLP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHLOROPHENOLS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOMA, NON-HODGKIN; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ODDS RATIO; PROBABILITY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 70349696707     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3181b571ae     Document Type: Article

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