A standard tool for the analysis of occupational lung cancer in epidemiologic studies

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 236-240

  Ahrens, Wolfgang ^a   Merletti, Franco ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Methods; Occupational epidemiology; Occupational history; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

CARCINOGENS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032177399     PISSN: 10773525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/oeh.1998.4.4.236     Document Type: Article

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