Disability, mortality, and incidence of cancer among Geneva painters and electricians: a historical prospective study.

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Published in Br J Ind Med on January 01, 1989

Authors

E Gubéran1, M Usel, L Raymond, R Tissot, P M Sweetnam

Author Affiliations

1: Geneva Medical Inspectorate of Factories, Switzerland.

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