Review of occupational lung carcinogens

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 474-490

  Steenland, Kyle ^a   Loomis, Dana ^b   Shy, Carl ^b   Simonsen, Neal ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

arsenic; asbestos; attributable risk; beryllium; cadmium; chromium; diesel exhaust; lung cancer; nickel; occupation; radon; silica

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; ASBESTOS; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; CARCINOGEN; CHROMIUM; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; NICKEL; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ASBESTOSIS; CANCER RISK; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; REVIEW; SMOKING;

ACRYLONITRILE; ARSENIC; ASBESTOS; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; CARCINOGENS; CHROMIUM; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MINING; NICKEL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RADON; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICON DIOXIDE; UNITED STATES; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 0029865270     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199605)29:5<474::AID-AJIM6>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Review

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