The effect of asbestosis on lung cancer risk beyond the dose related effect of asbestos alone

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 885-889

  Reid, A ^a   De Klerk, N ^a   Ambrosini, G L ^a   Olsen, N ^a   Pang, S C ^b   Berry, G ^c   Musk, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Perth Chest Clinic   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ASBESTOSIS; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ASBESTOS, CROCIDOLITE; ASBESTOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 28444472441     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2005.020834     Document Type: Article

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