Different measures of asbestos exposure in estimating risk of lung cancer and mesothelioma among construction workers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1190-1196

  Koskinen, Kari ^a   Pukkala, Eero ^b   Martikainen, Rami ^a   Reijula, Kari ^a   Karjalainen, Antti ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CANCER RISK; CONSTRUCTION WORK; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG CANCER; LUNG FIBROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ASBESTOS; FINLAND; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036910763     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-200212000-00015     Document Type: Article

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