A case-control study of the relationships among silica exposure, gastric cancer, and esophageal cancer

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 52-57

  Tsuda, Toshihide ^a   Mino, Yoshio ^a   Babazono, Akira ^b   Shigemi, Jun ^a   Otsu, Tadahiro ^a   Yamamoto, Eiji ^c  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer control; Case control study; Esophagus neoplasm; Pneumoconiosis; Refractory brick workers; Stomach neoplasm

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SILICOSIS; SMOKING; STOMACH CANCER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEATH CERTIFICATES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SAMPLE SIZE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICOSIS; SMOKING; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035149938     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0274(200101)39:1<52::AID-AJIM5>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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