Update of the mortality study of workers exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in two Italian capacitor manufacturing plants

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 107-114

  Pesatori, Angela Cecilia ^a,b   Grillo, P ^b   Consonni, D ^b   Caironi, M ^c   Sampietro, G ^c   Olivari, Leonella ^c   Ghisleni, Silvia ^c   Bertazzi, P A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^c ASL della Provincia di Bergamo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cohort Study; Mortality; PCB

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM TUMOR; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK; TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK; TIME FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880021641     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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