Mortality in the German porcelain industry 1985-2005: first results of an epidemiological cohort study.

T, Birk; KA, Mundt; K, Guldner; W, Parsons; RS, Luippold

doi:10.1097/jom.0b013e3181973e19

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Mortality in the German porcelain industry 1985-2005: first results of an epidemiological cohort study.

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Birk T

Mundt KA

Guldner K

Abstract

Objectives To evaluate mortality due to lung cancer, silicosis, renal cancer, renal disease and other causes among German porcelain production workers potentially exposed to crystalline silica.Methods Seventeen thousand six hundred forty-four medical surveillance participants (1985-1987) were follow...

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