Plasma vitamin concentrations and incidence of mesothelioma and lung cancer in individuals exposed to crocidolite at Wittenoom, Western Australia

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 290-294

  Alfonso, Helman S ^a,b   Fritschi, Lin ^a   De Klerk, Nicholas H ^a,d   Ambrosini, Gina L ^a   Beilby, John ^a,e   Olsen, Nola ^a   William Musk, Arthur ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e Clinical Biochemistry   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Asbestos; Crocidolite; Lung cancer; Mesothelioma; Survival analysis; Vitamin A concentration

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASBESTOS; CAROTENE; CROCIDOLITE; RETINOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERITONEUM MESOTHELIOMA; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGED; ASBESTOS, CROCIDOLITE; CARCINOGENS, ENVIRONMENTAL; CAROTENOIDS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SMOKING; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN E; VITAMINS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33745937178     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008469-200608000-00003     Document Type: Article

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