Prospective study of mesothelioma mortality in Turkish villages with exposure to fibrous zeolite

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 414-417

  Baris, Y Izzettin ^a   Grandjean, Philippe ^b,c  

^a GÜVEN HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ZEOLITE; CARCINOGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; PERITONEUM MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); AGE; AGED; ENDEMIC DISEASE; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PERITONEUM TUMOR; PLEURA TUMOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARCINOGENS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TURKEY; ZEOLITES;

EID: 33644937449     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djj106     Document Type: Article

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