Predicted lung cancer risk among miners exposed to diesel exhaust particles

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 207-219

  Stayner, Leslie ^a   Dankovic, David ^a   Smith, Randall ^a   Steenland, Kyle ^a  

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

Author keywords

Diesel; Lung cancer; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

DIESEL FUEL;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; EXHAUST GAS; LUNG CANCER; MINING; MODEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICULATE MATTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICOLOGY;

HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MINING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VEHICLE EMISSIONS;

EID: 0031903877     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199809)34:3<207::AID-AJIM2>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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