Asbestos and cancer risk: The exposure-effect relationship for populations with occupational with occupational exposure;Amiante et risque de cancer: Relations expositions-effets pour les populations professionnellement exposees

Revue des Maladies Respiratoires

Volumn 16, Issue 6 BIS, 1999, Pages 1278-1285

  Goldberg, M ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Exposure effect relationship; Lung cancer; Pleural mesothelioma

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOS;

ASBESTOSIS; CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFERENCE PAPER; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PROBABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; ASBESTOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033397967     PISSN: 07618425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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