Lung cancer risk: Effect of dairy farming and the consequence of removing that occupational exposure

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 161, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1037-1046

  Mastrangelo, Giuseppe ^a   Grange, John M ^b   Fadda, Emanuela ^a   Fedeli, Ugo ^a   Buja, Alessandra ^a   Lange, John H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ENVIROSAFE TRAINING AND CONSULTANTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Cohort studies; Dairying; Endotoxins; Lung neoplasms; Tumor necrosis factor alpha

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CANCER; DAIRY FARMING; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATTLE; DAIRYING; HUMAN; ITALY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VENETO; WORLD;

BOS TAURUS;

EID: 19544386809     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwi138     Document Type: Article

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