Cohort mortality study of workers at seven beryllium processing plants: Update and associations with cumulative and maximum exposure

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 345-353

  Schubauer Berigan, Mary K ^a   Couch, James R ^a   Petersen, Martin R ^a   Carreón, Tania ^a   Jin, Yan ^a   Deddens, James A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BERYLLIUM;

ARTICLE; BERYLLIOSIS; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COR PULMONALE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT CANCER; WORKER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BERYLLIOSIS; BERYLLIUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79953831042     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2010.056481     Document Type: Article

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