Dust exposure and lung cancer in Quebec chrysotile miners and millers

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-20

  Liddell, F D K ^a,c   Mcdonald, A D ^b   Mcdonald, J C ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE; TREMOLITE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CITY; DUST; DUST EXPOSURE; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT;

CANCER; CHRYSOTILE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MEN'S HEALTH; MINERALS PRODUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

CANADA, QUEBEC;

MINE DUST; MINERS; ONCOLOGY; PULMONARY DISEASES;

CHRYSOTILE INDUSTRY; LUNG CANCER;

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 0031597252     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(97)00053-7     Document Type: Article

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