Lung cancer among long-term steel workers

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 1983, Pages 706-716

  Blot, William J ^a   Brown, Linda Morris ^a   Pottern, Linda M ^a   Stone, B J ^a   Fraumeni, Joseph F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung neoplasms; Occupations; Smoking; Steel; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FOUNDRY; HUMAN; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; LUNG CANCER; OCCUPATION; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SMOKING; STEELWORKER;

ADULT; AGED; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PENNSYLVANIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK; SMOKING; STEEL; ZINC;

EID: 0020596831     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113604     Document Type: Article

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