Case-control study of mesothelioma in South Africa

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 213-222

  Rees, David ^a   Myers, Jonny E ^b   Goodman, Kim ^b   Fourie, Elize ^b   Blignaut, Charlmé ^b   Chapman, Ronald ^b   Bachmann, Max O ^b  

^a National Centre for Occupational Health   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Amosite; Asbestos; Case control; Chrysotile; Crocidolite; Mesothelioma; South Africa

Indexed keywords

AMOSITE; ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE; CROCIDOLITE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERITONEUM MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ASBESTOS; CARCINOGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPUTUM;

EID: 0032909358     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199903)35:3<213::AID-AJIM1>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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