Silicosis mortality with respiratory tuberculosis in the united states, 1968-2006

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 174, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 839-848

  Nasrullah, Muazzam ^a,b   Mazurek, Jacek M ^a   Wood, John M ^a   Bang, Ki Moon ^a   Kreiss, Kathleen ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

industry; mortality; occupational exposure; occupations; silicosis; tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

MINERAL;

AGE CLASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE TREATMENT; MORTALITY RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SILICA MINERAL; SOCIAL HISTORY; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; OCCUPATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; REVIEW; SILICOSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (U.S.); OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SILICOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053211078     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr159     Document Type: Review

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