Mesothelioma in Quebec chrysotile miners and millers: Epidemiology and aetiology

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 707-719

  McDonald, A D ^a,e   Case, B W ^a   Churg, A ^b   Dufresne, A ^a   Gibbs, G W ^c   Sebastien P ^d   McDonald, J C ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Safety Health Environment International Consultants Corp   (Canada)

^d Inst Rech S Secty Travail Quebec   (Canada)

^e NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CALCIFICATION (BIOCHEMISTRY); DISEASE CONTROL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISKS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MINERS; MINES;

AETIOLOGY; CHRYSOTILE; MESOTHELIOMA; MILLERS;

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

AMOSITE; AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE; CROCIDOLITE; TREMOLITE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DUST EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOS, AMPHIBOLE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; QUEBEC;

EID: 0031538731     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(97)00020-3     Document Type: Article

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