Mortality from diabetes and ischaemic heart disease in textile workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 172-175

  Zanardi, Francesca ^a   Harris, E Clare ^b   Brown, Terry ^c   Rice, Simon ^d   Palmer, Keith T ^b   Coggon, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; TEXTILE WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DIABETES MELLITUS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; SEX FACTORS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; WALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951639556     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.053835     Document Type: Article

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