Mortality in Vermont granite workers and its association with silica exposure

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 312-318

  Vacek, Pamela M ^a   Verma, Dave K ^b   Graham, William G ^a   Callas, Peter W ^a   Gibbs, Graham W ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Safety Health Environment International Consultants Corp   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEMENT INDUSTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GRANITE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICOSIS; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICOSIS; VERMONT;

EID: 79953835428     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.054452     Document Type: Article

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