Cohort mortality study of garment industry workers exposed to formaldehyde: Update and internal comparisons

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1027-1039

  Meyers, Alysha R ^a,b   Pinkerton, Lynne E ^a   Hein, Misty J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Formaldehyde; Leukemia; Occupational exposure; Retrospective studies

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LIFE TABLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TIME; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

COHORT STUDIES; FORMALDEHYDE; LEUKEMIA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORMALDEHYDE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PENNSYLVANIA; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84881661235     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.22199     Document Type: Article

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