Crystalline silica and risk of lung cancer in the potteries

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 779-785

  Cherry, N M ^a   Burgess, G L ^a   Turner, S ^a   McDonald, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Potteries; Silica

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG CANCER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING HABIT;

EID: 0031783640     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.55.11.779     Document Type: Article

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