Crystalline silica and lung cancer: The problem of conflicting evidence

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 121-126

  McDonald, Corbett ^a   Cherry, Nicola ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b Imperial College School of Medicine ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032881591     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000024622     Document Type: Article

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