Asbestos, smoking, and lung cancer: Interaction and attribution

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 507-508

  Case, B W ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS; BENZO[A]PYRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR POLLUTION; ALGORITHM; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOGENESIS; MESOTHELIOMA; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PUBLISHING; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

ASBESTOS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 33746556552     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2006.027631     Document Type: Note

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