Occupational exposure to trichloroethylene and cancer risk for workers at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant

International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-77

  Bahr, Debra E ^a   Aldrich, Timothy E ^a,b   Seidu, Dazar ^a   Brion, Gail M ^a   Tollerud, David J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Gaseous diffusion plant; Healthy worker effect; Trichloroethylene

Indexed keywords

TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HEALTHY WORKER EFFECT; HUMANS; KENTUCKY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959995029     PISSN: 12321087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s13382-011-0007-1     Document Type: Article

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