Lung cancer risk in hard-metal workers

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 241-248

  Moulin, J J ^a   Wild, P ^b   Romazini, S ^c   Lasfargues, G ^a   Peltier, A ^d   Bozec, C ^e   Deguerry, P ^a   Pellet, F ^b   Perdrix, A ^b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

^b Hôpital A Michailen   (France)

^c CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

^d Eramet ^*  (France)

^e AB Sandvik Hard Materials   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Cobalt; Cohort studies; Lung neoplasms; Tungsten compounds

Indexed keywords

COBALT; TUNGSTEN;

CANCER; DISEASE RISK; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; METAL WORKERS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FRANCE;

EID: 0032147132     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009631     Document Type: Article

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