Asbestos-associated cancers in the Ontario refinery and petrochemical sector

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 610-615

  Finkelstein, Murray M ^a  

^a Ontario Ministry of Labour   (Canada)

Author keywords

case control; lung cancer; maintenance workers; mesothelioma; refinery

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OIL INDUSTRY; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY;

AGED; ASBESTOS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; ONTARIO; PETROLEUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0029827536     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199611)30:5<610::AID-AJIM9>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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