Cancer risks among iron and steel workers in Anshan, China, part I: Proportional mortality ratio analysis

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-6

  Xu, Zhaoyi ^a   Pan, Guo Wei ^a   Liu, Li Ming ^b   Brown, Linda Morris ^c   Guan, De Xian ^b   Xiu, Qiao ^a   Sheng, Jia Hua ^b   Stone, B J ^c   Dosemeci, Mustafa ^c   Fraumeni Jr , Joseph F ^c   Blot, William J ^c  

^a Liaoning Pub Hlth Anti epidem S   (China)

^b Pub Hlth and Anti epidemic Station   (China)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

accidents; asbestos; colorectal neoplasm; esophagus neoplasm; foundry workers; lung neoplasm; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; respiratory disease; silica; stomach neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; IRON; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON; SILICON DIOXIDE; STEEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; DUST EXPOSURE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK FACTOR; SITTING; STOMACH CANCER;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASBESTOS; CHINA; COAL; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DUST; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IRON; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; METALLURGY; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; POPULATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; STEEL; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 9444242637     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199607)30:1<1::AID-AJIM1>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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