Evidence for silica's neoplastic risk among workers and derivation of cancer risk assessment

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 291-301

  Goldsmith, David F ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Human and rodent contrasts; Risk assessment; Silicocarinogenisis

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL MODEL; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; METALLURGY; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICOSIS; SMOKING;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0030760707     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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