A case-control study of lung cancer mortality in six gila basin, Arizona smelter towns

Environmental Research

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 56-72

  Marsh, Gary M ^a   Stone, Roslyn A ^a   Esmen, Nurtan A ^b   Gula, Mary Jean ^a   Gause, Christine K ^a   Petersen, Norman J ^b   Meaney, F John ^b   Rodney, Steve ^b   Prybylski, Dimitri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

CANCER RISK; COPPER SMELTING; LUNG CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

ARIZONA; USA;

GILA;

EID: 0031260231     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1997.3768     Document Type: Article

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