Mortality and Cancer Morbidity among Cadmium-Exposed Workers
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Mortality and cancer morbidity among cadmium-exposed workers
Preliminary data are reported from a study of 269 cadmium-nickel battery factory workers and 94 cadmium-copper alloy factory workers. The target group comprises all workers with more than 5 years exposure to cadmium at any time since the factories started production. An internal reference group of 328 alloy factory workers without cadmium exposure was also studied. The expected number of deaths...
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عنوان ژورنال: Environmental Health Perspectives
سال: 1979
ISSN: 0091-6765
DOI: 10.2307/3428921