Mortality from stomach cancer in United States cement plant and quarry workers, 1950-80.
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Mortality from stomach cancer in United States cement plant and quarry workers, 1950-80.
In 1978 a study of the mortality of United States cement plant and quarry workers was initiated. The vital status of a cohort of 5292 men who had been employed for at least five years in a cement plant between 1950 and 1980 was traced to 1 January 1980. The mortality experience was evaluated for 4231 white men for whom complete work histories and demographic information were available. Deaths f...
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 1986
ISSN: 1351-0711
DOI: 10.1136/oem.43.8.526