Multifactorial aetiology of lung cancer among silica-exposed workers

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 468-474

  Cocco, Pierluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Lung neoplasms; Occupational health; Silica; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN;

HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK; SILICOSIS;

CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; SILICOSIS;

EID: 0035464367     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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