The amphibole hypothesis - A nested case-control study of lung cancer and exposure to chrysotile and amphiboles

Arhiv za Higijenu Rada i Toksikologiju

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 169-176

  Dodič Fikfak, Metoda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Cumulative exposure; Odds ratio; Smoking

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; CHRYSOTILE;

ADULT; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORKER;

ADULT; ASBESTOS, AMPHIBOLE; ASBESTOS, SERPENTINE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; SMOKING;

EID: 0344010481     PISSN: 00041254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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