Mortality from liver cancer and leukaemia among polyvinyl chloride workers in Taiwan: An updated study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 120-125

  Hsieh, Hui I ^a,b,c   Chen, Pau Chung ^a   Wong, Ruey Hong ^d   Du, Chung Li ^a,e   Chang, Yu Yin ^a   Wang, Jung Der ^a,e   Cheng, Tsun Jen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CATHAY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIWAN;

ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751683045     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2010.056978     Document Type: Article

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