Lung cancer and occupational risk factors in Greece

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-35

  Chatzis, Christos ^a   Danaka, Georgia ^a   Linos, Athena ^a   Kales, Stephen N ^b,c,d   Christiani, David C ^b,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Massachusetts Respiratory Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

TRIXIS;

EID: 0032902416     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199901000-00006     Document Type: Article

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