Residential proximity to naturally occurring asbestos and mesothelioma risk in California

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1019-1025

  Pan, Xue Lei ^a   Day, Howard W ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Beckett, Laurel A ^a   Schenker, Marc B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer Registry case control study; GIS; Malignant mesothelioma; Naturally occurring asbestos; Occupational exposure to asbestos

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASBESTOS; CALIFORNIA; CARCINOGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 26944433030     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 1073449X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200412-1731OC     Document Type: Article

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