Cancer mortality in workers employed in cattle, pigs, and sheep slaughtering and processing plants

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 950-959

  Johnson, E S ^a  

^a UNT Health Sciences Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Beef, pork, mutton, meat; Live animal; Meatpacking; Oncogenic viruses; Slaughter

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; DISEASES; MEATS; VIRUSES;

CASE-CONTROL STUDY; GENERAL POPULATION; MEAT PROCESSING PLANTS; MEATPACKING; NON-HODGKIN'S LYMPHOMA; NON-OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SLAUGHTER; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIOS;

ONCOGENIC VIRUSES;

CARCINOGEN;

CANCER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FOOD PROCESSING; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BLADDER CANCER; BONE CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CATTLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT INDUSTRY; MEDIASTINUM CANCER; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SKIN CANCER; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; SWINE; THYMUS CANCER; THYROID CANCER; TONGUE CANCER; TUMOR VIRUS;

UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BOS; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE;

EID: 79955604152     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.03.014     Document Type: Article

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