Cohort mortality study of North American industrial sand workers. II. Case-referent analysis of lung cancer and silicosis deaths

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 201-207

  Hughes, J M ^a   Weill, H ^a   Rando, R J ^b   Shi, R ^a   McDonald, A D ^c   McDonald, J C ^c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Sand; Silica; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAND; SILICOSIS;

EID: 0035060604     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4878(00)00078-8     Document Type: Article

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