A meta-analysis on the relationship between pneumoconiosis and lung cancer

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 285-294

  Tsuda, Toshihide ^a   Babazono, Akira ^b   Yamamoto, Eiji ^c   Mino, Yoshio ^a   Matsuoka, Hiroaki ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Control disease; Critical appraisal; Lung neoplasms; Meta analysis; Pneumoconiosis; Publication bias; Selection bias; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LUNG CANCER; META ANALYSIS; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; SILICOSIS;

EID: 0030682454     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.39.285     Document Type: Article

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