The silica carcinogenicity issue in Japan

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 897-898

  Takahashi, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; JAPAN; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; MUTAGENICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PNEUMOCONIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; JAPAN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SILICON DIOXIDE; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 0242361145     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.11.897     Document Type: Letter

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