Risk factors and early detection of lung cancer in a cohort of chinese tin miners

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 533-541

  Qiao, You Lin ^a   Taylor, Philip R ^a   Yao, Shu Xiang ^b   Erozan, Yener S ^c   Luo, Xue Chang ^b   Barrett, Michael J ^d   Yan, Qing Yuan ^b   Giffen, Carol A ^d   Huang, Shao Qiang ^b   Maher, Michelle M ^a   Forman, Michele R ^a   Tockman, Melvyn S ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Yunnan Tin Corporation   (China)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^d INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Biologic Specimen Bank; Cohort; Early Detection; Lung Cancer; Radon; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; RADON;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARSENIC; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADON; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TIN;

EID: 0030780759     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(97)00115-4     Document Type: Article

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