Nested case-control study of esophageal cancer in relation to occupational exposure to silica and other dusts

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 272-280

  Pan, Guowei ^a,e   Takahashi, Ken ^b   Feng, Yiping ^a   Liu, Liming ^c   Liu, Tiefu ^c   Zhang, Shujuan ^a   Liu, Ning ^a   Okubo, Toshiteru ^b   Goldsmith, David F ^d  

^a Environmental Epidemiology Branch   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c Pub Hlth Anti epidem Stn A ^*  (China)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Environmental Epidemiology Branch   (China)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Esophageal cancer; Indoor coal smoke; Nested case control study; Silica dust

Indexed keywords

COAL; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FRUIT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SMOKING; STATISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032909085     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199903)35:3<272::AID-AJIM7>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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