Cancer incidence and mortality among workers exposed to benzidine

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 300-306

  Brown, Shannon Cameron ^a   Alberts, Risa ^a   Schoenberg, Mark ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arylamines; Benzidine; Bladder cancer; Occupational

Indexed keywords

BENZIDINE; BENZIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATHOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BENZIDINES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COHORT STUDIES; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 79952721593     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20936     Document Type: Article

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