Synergy between asbestos and smoking on lung cancer risks

Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 405-411

  Erren, Thomas C ^a   Jacobsen, Michael ^a   Piekarski, Claus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Biologic interaction; Lung neoplasm; Meta analysis; Smoking; Synergy

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CARCINOGEN; TOBACCO SMOKE;

ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SMOKING HABIT;

EID: 0033054750     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001648-199907000-00011     Document Type: Article

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