Cardiovascular mortality among pulp mill workers.
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Cardiovascular mortality among pulp mill workers.
A mortality study, concentrating on cardiovascular mortality, was undertaken among Finnish sulphite mill workers exposed to sulphur dioxide and sulphate mill workers exposed to hydrogen sulphide and organic sulphides. They had been employed continuously for at least one year between 1945 and 1961. National death rates were used for comparison and mortality was followed up until 31 December 1981...
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 1990
ISSN: 1351-0711
DOI: 10.1136/oem.47.4.259