Mortality in the Baltimore union poultry cohort: Non-malignant diseases

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 543-552

  Johnson, Eric S ^c   Yau, Lillian C ^a   Zhou, Yi ^a   Singh, Karan P ^b   Ndetan, Harrison ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Bacteria; Fumes; Neurologic diseases; Poultry slaughtering processing; Transmissible agents; Viruses

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POULTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TRADE UNION; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BALTIMORE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; LABOR UNIONS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POULTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77955507016     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-009-0478-6     Document Type: Article

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