Diesel exhaust and lung cancer in the trucking industry: Exposure- response analyses and risk assessment

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 220-228

  Steenland, Kyle ^a   Deddens, James ^a,b   Stayner, Leslie ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Diesel exhaust; Lung cancer; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; DRIVER; EXHAUST GAS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MOTOR VEHICLES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 0031880574     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199809)34:3<220::AID-AJIM3>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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