Cancer mortality among shoe and leather workers in Massachusetts
β Scribed by David H. Garabrant; Dr. David H. Wegman
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 670 KB
- Volume
- 5
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0271-3586
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## Abstract ## Background Employees engaged in the tanning and finishing of leather are potentially exposed to numerous carcinogens. ## Methods A previous mortality study among 9,352 workers from two chrome tanneries has been updated with the addition of 11 years of vital status and work history
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