Lung cancer in workers exposed to arsenic. A case control study;Cáncer broncopulmonar entre trabajadores expuestos a arsénico: Un estudio de casos y controles

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 119-123

  Ferreccio R, Catterina ^a,c   González W, Claudia ^b   Solari S, Jaime ^b   Noder N, Claudia ^b  

^a Grupo el Desarrollo Invest en Salud

^b Sicóloga ^*

^c Oficina 109   (Chile)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Epidemiologic methods; Lung neoplasms; Mining

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; COPPER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARSENIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILE; COPPER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO;

EID: 0029689463     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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