Occupational exposures and lung cancer in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 653-659

  Matos, Elena L ^a,b   Vilensky, Marta ^a   Mirabelli, Darío ^c   Boffetta, Paolo ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c Piemonte Regl Environ Protect A   (Italy)

^d INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ARSENIC; ASBESTOS; CHROMIUM; NICKEL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0034047892     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-200006000-00017     Document Type: Article

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