Asbestos exposure and laryngeal cancer

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 239-250

  Browne, Kevin ^a   Gee, J Bernard L ^b  

^a Yale University School of Medicine ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Cancer; Laryngeal cancer

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL RISKS; PERSONNEL;

LARYNGEAL CANCER; RELATIVE RISK; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO;

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

ASBESTOS;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ASBESTOSIS; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; PLEURA PLAQUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0034213690     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(99)00116-7     Document Type: Article

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