Plasma concentrations of retinol, carotene, and vitamin E and mortality in subjects with asbestosis in a cohort exposed to crocidolite in Wittenoom, Western Australia

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 573-579

  Alfonso, Helman S ^a,b   Fritschi, Lin ^a   De Klerk, Nicholas H ^a,d   Ambrosini, Gina ^a   Beilby, John ^e   Olsen, Nola ^a   Musk, A William ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e PathCentre ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASBESTOS; CAROTENE; CROCIDOLITE; RETINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; ASBESTOS, CROCIDOLITE; ASBESTOSIS; CAROTENOIDS; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN E; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 20544468344     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000165750.54747.27     Document Type: Article

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