Calculation of fractions of lung cancer incidence attributable to occupational exposure to asbestos and combustion products in Stockholm, Sweden

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 937-940

  Gustavsson, Per ^a,b,d   Ahlbom, Anders ^c   Andersson, Tomas ^d   Schéele, Patrik ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^b Division of Occupational Medicine   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epidemiologic methods; Occupational exposure; Public health; Risk assessment; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE FRACTION; BOOTSTRAPPING METHOD; CALCULATION; COMBUSTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DICHOTOMIZATION METHOD; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALGORITHMS; ASBESTOS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN;

EID: 0142027100     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025885925199     Document Type: Article

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