The combination of effects on lung cancer of cigarette smoking and exposure in Quebec chrysotile miners and millers

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 5-13

  Liddell, F D K ^a   Armstrong, B G ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Additivity; Chrysotile asbestos; Cigarette smoke; Combination of effects; Disaggregation; Independent action; Lung cancer; Multiplicativity; Quebec; Relative asbestos effect; Synergy index

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MINERS; SMOKE; TUMORS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; HEALTH HAZARDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SERPENTINE; TOBACCO;

MULTIPLICATIVE HYPOTHESIS;

PULMONARY DISEASES; DISEASES;

ASBESTOS; CHRYSOTILE; CIGARETTE SMOKE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AIR POLLUTANT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LUNG TUMOR; MINING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADDITIVITY; CHRYSOTILE ASBESTOS; CIGARETTE SMOKES; COMBINATION OF EFFECTS; DISAGGREGATION; INDEPENDENT ACTION; LUNG CANCER; MULTIPLICATIVITY; QUEBEC; RELATIVE ASBESTOS EFFECT; SYNERGY INDEX;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASBESTOS, SERPENTINE; CAUSALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MINING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUEBEC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING;

EID: 0036360265     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mef008     Document Type: Article

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