Epidemiology of fibrous glass and lung cancer

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 105-108

  Weiss, William ^a,b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

carcinogenicity; causation; chronic inhalation; epidemiology; fibrous glass; glass wool fibers; lung cancer; lung tumors; man made mineral fibers; occupational studies; odds ratio; relative risk; standardized mortality ratio; statistical analyses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARCINOGENESIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GLASS INDUSTRY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0029739239     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199607)30:1<105::AID-AJIM18>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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