Silica: Déjà vu all over again?

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 430-432

  Steenland, K ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; DRY CLEANING AGENT; SILICON DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANCER MORTALITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; MEASUREMENT; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICOSIS;

HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 21344437918     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2005.020669     Document Type: Note

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