Silica, asbestos, man-made mineral fibers, and cancer

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 491-503

  Steenland, Kyle ^a,b   Stayner, Leslie ^a  

^a US Natl Inst Occup Safety Hlth   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Asbestos; Lung cancer; Mineral fibers; Silica

Indexed keywords

AMOSITE; AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOS; CARCINOGEN; CHRYSOTILE; CROCIDOLITE; DNA; GLASS; LYSOSOME ENZYME; MINERAL FIBER; OXYGEN; SERPENTINE; SILICON; SILICON DIOXIDE; TREMOLITE;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MESOTHELIOMA; META ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOOL;

ANIMALS; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS, SERPENTINE; CARCINOGENS; CERAMICS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLASS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MESOTHELIOMA; META-ANALYSIS; MINERAL FIBERS; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXYGEN; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; SILICON; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030750268     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018469607938     Document Type: Article

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