The risk of lung cancer with increasing time since ceasing exposure to asbestos and quitting smoking

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 509-512

  Reid, A ^a   De Klerk, N H ^a   Ambrosini, G L ^a   Berry, G ^b   Musk, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; CROCIDOLITE;

CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING CESSATION;

ASBESTOS, CROCIDOLITE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TIME FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33746480240     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2005.025379     Document Type: Review

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