Mortality among population with exposure to industrial air pollution containing nickel and other toxic metals

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 583-591

  Pasanen, Kari ^a,b   Pukkala, Eero ^c,d   Turunen, Anu W ^a   Patama, Toni ^a   Jussila, Ilkka ^e   Makkonen, Sari ^b   Salonen, Raimo O ^a   Verkasalo, Pia K ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^d TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; NICKEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HUMUS; INDUSTRIAL AIR POLLUTION EXPOSURE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMELTER; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTANTS; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COPPER; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RESPIRATORY TRACT NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862075598     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182492050     Document Type: Article

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