A meta-analysis of the relation between cumulative exposure to asbestos and relative risk of lung cancer

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 254-263

  Lash, Timothy L ^a   Crouch, Edmund A C ^a   Green, Laura C ^a  

^a Cambridge Environmental Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

asbestos; lung cancer; meta analysis

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CEMENT INDUSTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; LUNG CANCER; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MESOTHELIOMA; META ANALYSIS; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

EID: 0030888938     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.54.4.254     Document Type: Article

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