Cancer and Noncancer mortality among American seafood workers

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 204-210

  Johnson, Eric S ^a   Faramawi, Mohammed F ^a   Sall, Macodu ^b   Choi, Kyung Mee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality; Neoplasms; Occupation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INDUSTRY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; SEA FOOD; STATISTICS; STOMACH TUMOR; STROKE; THYROID DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SEAFOOD; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; STROKE; THYROID DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957492113     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20100147     Document Type: Article

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