Mortality from ischaemic heart disease in textile workers

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 706-

  Sjögren, Bengt ^a   Weiner, Jan ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Work Environment Authority   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LETTER; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; TEXTILE WORKER; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 80051803013     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2011-100090     Document Type: Letter

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