Non-cancer mortality in poultry slaughtering/processing plant workers belonging to a union pension fund

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 322-327

  Johnson, Eric S ^a   Ndetan, Harrison ^a  

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

Author keywords

Chickens; Infections; Infectious diseases; Turkeys; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

CHICKENS; INFECTIONS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; TURKEYS; ZOONOSIS;

PATHOLOGY;

FOOD PROCESSING; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MORTALITY RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POULTRY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITOSIS; PENSION; POPULATION; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

UNITED STATES;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 78751637326     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2010.09.007     Document Type: Article

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