Lung cancer mortality and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons: A case-cohort study of aluminum production workers in Arvida, Quebec, Canada

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 250-262

  Armstrong, Ben ^a   Tremblay, Claude ^a   Baris, Dalsu ^a   Thériault, Gilles ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Coal tar; Lung neoplasms; Occupational diseases; Polycyclic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BENZENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; COAL TAR; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ALUMINUM FACTORY; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALUMINUM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COAL TAR; COHORT STUDIES; HUMAN; LINEAR MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUEBEC; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SMOKING; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

ALUMINIUM PRODUCTION; CANCER INCIDENCE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAH;

CANADA, QUEBEC, ARVIDA;

EID: 0028172457     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116992     Document Type: Article

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