Mortality and cancer incidence among sawmill workers exposed to chlorophenate wood preservatives.
Author(s) -
Clyde Hertzman,
Kay Teschke,
A. Ostry,
Ruth Hershler,
Helen DimichWard,
Shona Kelly,
John J. Spinelli,
Richard P. Gallagher,
Maureen McBride,
Marion Schwartz
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.87.1.71
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , cancer registry , standardized mortality ratio , epidemiology , cohort , cancer , cohort study , retrospective cohort study , cancer incidence , lung cancer , demography , surgery , physics , sociology , optics
This study examined the association between exposure to chlorophenates and the risk of soft tissue sarcoma; non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; Hodgkin's disease; and cancers of the lung, nose, and nasopharynx.
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