One agent, many diseases: Exposure-response data and comparative risks of different outcomes following silica exposure

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 16-23

  Steenland, Kyle ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Renal disease; Silica; Silicosis

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL LUNG DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICOSIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SILICOSIS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 22244483395     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20181     Document Type: Review

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