Mortality among Swedish chimney sweeps (1952-2006): An extended cohort study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-47

  Jansson, Catarina ^a   Alderling, Magnus ^a   Hogstedt, Christer ^b   Gustavsson, Per ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BRAIN TUMOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTESTINE CANCER; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKING; STOMACH CANCER; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 84355166739     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2010.064246     Document Type: Article

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