Ammonium perfluorooctanoate production and occupational mortality

Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 921-928

  Lundin, Jessica I ^a   Alexander, Bruce H ^a   Olsen, Geary W ^b   Church, Timothy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b 3M COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROOCTANOATE AMMONIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; TESTIS CANCER;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCTANOIC ACIDS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 74549142320     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181b5f395     Document Type: Article

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