Long man-made fibers and lung cancer risk

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 138-146

  Moolgavkar, Suresh H ^a,b   Turim, Jay ^b   Brown, Robert C ^c   Luebeck, E Georg ^a  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b Sciences International Inc   (United States)

^c Toxicology Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERAL FIBER;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; COVARIANCE; DOSE RESPONSE; FIBER; LUNG CANCER; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALIA; MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 0035012108     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/rtph.2000.1443     Document Type: Article

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