Lung fibre burden in lung cancer cases employed in the rock and slag wool industry

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 241-248

  Soldan, K ^a,b   Pooley, F D ^c   Hansen, J ^d   Andersen, A ^e   Chang Claude, J ^f   Ferro, G ^a   Ohgaki, H ^a   Guldhammer Skov, B ^g   Cherrie, J W ^h   Saracci, R ⁱ   Boffetta, P ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^e CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^f GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^g GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^h INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asbestos; Epidemiology; Lung neoplasms; Man made vitreous fibres

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PULMONARY DISEASES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEXTILE FIBERS; TISSUE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUMORS; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MINERAL WOOL; SLAGS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

LUNG CANCER; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MAN MADE VITREOUS FIBRES; MAN-MADE VITREOUS FIBRES (MMVF);

EPIDEMIOLOGY; FIBERS;

ASBESTOS FIBER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FIBER; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG PARENCHYMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WOOL; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ASBESTOS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MINERAL FIBERS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FIBRE CONCENTRATIONS; INTRAINDIVIDUAL VARIABILITY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRODUCTION WORKERS; SMALL SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 33645772929     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mei064     Document Type: Article

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