In order to evaluate the human carcinogenicity of formaldehyde, we conducted a proportionate mortality study of garment workers engaged in the production of shirts from formaldehyde-treated cloth. This study included three plants, and was based upon 256 deaths identified from a death-benefit insuran
A retrospective cohort mortality study of workers exposed to formaldehyde in the garment industry
β Scribed by Leslie Thomas Stayner; Larry Elliott; Leo Blade; Dr. Richard Keenlyside; William Halperin
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 970 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0271-3586
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