Chrysotile, tremolite and carcinogenicity

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 699-705

  McDonald, J C ^a   McDonald, A D ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ASBESTOS; CARCINOGENS; HEALTH RISKS; IMPURITIES; MINES; ONCOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CARCINOGENECITY; CHRYSOTILE; LUNG CANCER; MESOTHELIOMA; TREMOLITE;

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE; TREMOLITE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER RISK; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH CANCER;

EID: 0031543298     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(97)89350-7     Document Type: Article

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