Lung cancer risk in workers exposed to poly(vinyl chloride) dust: A nested case-referent study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 423-428

  Mastrangelo, G ^a   Fedeli, U ^a   Fadda, E ^a   Milan, G ^a   Turato, A ^a   Pavanello, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; VINYL CHLORIDE;

AGE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DUST EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING HABIT;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DUST; EPIDEMIOLOGIC FACTORS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; SMOKING;

EID: 0038648697     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.6.423     Document Type: Article

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