Exposure to metal welding fume particles and risk for cardiovascular disease in Denmark: A prospective cohort study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 772-777

  Ibfelt, Else ^a   Bonde, Jens Peter ^b   Hansen, Johnni ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; THROMBOSIS; WELDING FUME;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; WELDING;

ANGINA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 78149375451     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.051086     Document Type: Article

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