Open AccessCancer mortality and morbidity among Lithuanian asbestos-cement producing workers
Author(s) -
Giedrė Smailytė,
Juozas Kurtinaitis,
Aage Andersen
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.766
Subject(s) - asbestos , asbestos cement , medicine , mesothelioma , incidence (geometry) , standardized mortality ratio , cancer , confidence interval , demography , cancer registry , lung cancer , colorectal cancer , lithuanian , mortality rate , epidemiology , record linkage , environmental health , population , surgery , pathology , physics , sociology , optics , metallurgy , linguistics , philosophy , materials science
This study investigated the incidence of cancer and cause-specific mortality among workers in the two Lithuanian asbestos-cement factories.