Relation between exposure to asbestos and smoking jointly and the risk of lung cancer

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 145-153

  Lee, P N ^a  

^a PN Lee Statistics and Computing Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Lung neoplasms; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

CANCER RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG CARCINOMA; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ASBESTOS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COCARCINOGENESIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0035120657     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.58.3.145     Document Type: Review

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