Reduced lung cancer mortality and exposure to synthetic fluids and biocide in the auto manufacturing industry

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 499-508

  Mehta, Amar J ^a   Malloy, Elizabeth J ^b   Applebaum, Katie M ^a,c   Schwartz, Joel ^a   Christiani, David C ^a   Eisen, Ellen A ^a,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endotoxin; Metalworking fluid; Occupational epidemiology; Retrospective cohort study

Indexed keywords

BIOCIDE; ENDOTOXIN; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL;

BACTERIUM; CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; FLUID; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; MANUFACTURING; MORTALITY; NONLINEARITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; CANCER MORTALITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 78649583833     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.3088     Document Type: Article

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