Mortality among 24,865 workers exposed to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in three electrical capacitor manufacturing plants: A ten-year update

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 217, Issue 2-3, 2014, Pages 176-187

  Ruder, Avima M ^a   Hein, Misty J ^a   Hopf, Nancy B ^b   Waters, Martha A ^a  

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

^b Institute for Work and Health   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cohort study; Exposure assessment; Occupational exposure; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MALE; MELANOMA; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

CANCER; COHORT STUDY; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANA; INDUSTRY; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MELANOMA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEOPLASMS; NEW YORK; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892679031     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2013.04.006     Document Type: Article

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