A retrospective cohort study of lung cancer incidence in nylon flock workers, 1998-2008

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 345-351

  Kern, David G ^a   Kern, Eli ^b   Crausman, Robert S ^c   Clapp, Richard W ^d,e  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung cancer incidence; Nylon flock workers; Retrospective cohort study

Indexed keywords

NYLON;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NYLONS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHODE ISLAND; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053601889     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.2011.17.4.345     Document Type: Article

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