Compensating lung cancer patients occupationally exposed to coal tar pitch volatiles

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 160-167

  Armstrong, Ben ^a,b   Thériault, Gilles ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coal tar pitch volatiles; Compensation; Models

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER RISK; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

EID: 0029879584     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.53.3.160     Document Type: Article

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