Clinical and Epidemiological Data on Lung Cancer at a Chromate Plant

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 26, Issue 1 I, 1997, Pages

  Aw, Tar Ching ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHROMATE;

ADULT; AGED; CANCER RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMATES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 0030818323     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/rtph.1997.1133     Document Type: Article

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