Chronic and acute effects of coal tar pitch exposure and cardiopulmonary mortality among aluminum smelter workers

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 172, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 790-799

  Friesen, Melissa C ^a   Demers, Paul A ^b   Spinelli, John J ^c   Eisen, Ellen A ^a   Lorenzi, Maria F ^c   Le, Nhu D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

air pollutants; aromatic; cohort studies; heart diseases; occupational diseases; polycyclic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BENZO[A]PYRENE; COAL TAR; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; KERATOLYTIC AGENT;

ALUMINUM; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COAL TAR; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATABASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAH; PARTICULATE MATTER; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SMELTING; SMOKING;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMELTER; SMOKING; ADOLESCENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COAL MINING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEART DISEASES; LUNG DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

CANADA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; COAL MINING; COAL TAR; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; KERATOLYTIC AGENTS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957298662     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq208     Document Type: Article

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