Criteria for attributing lung cancer to asbestos exposure

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 9-15

  Cagle, Philip T ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; TOBACCO SMOKE;

AIR POLLUTION; ASBESTOSIS; BODY BURDEN; CANCER RISK; EDITORIAL; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; LUNG RESECTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TISSUE LEVEL; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASBESTOS; ASBESTOSIS; CARCINOGENS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 0036141306     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/KGRX-TC9T-PPHM-1J46     Document Type: Editorial

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