An updated historical cohort mortality study of workers exposed to asbestos in a refitting shipyard, 1947-2007

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 959-967

  Tomioka, Kimiko ^a   Natori, Yuji ^b   Kumagai, Shinji ^c   Kurumatani, Norio ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Yokosuka Chuou Clinic   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Historical cohort study; Lung cancer; Occupational exposure; Ship repair workers; Shipyard

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; BREATHING DISORDER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; SHIP; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; HUMANS; JAPAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SHIPS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 82555189818     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-011-0655-2     Document Type: Article

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