Importance of causation for interpreting occupational epidemiology research: A case study of quartz and cancer

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 433-449

  Goldsmith, David F ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; SILICON DIOXIDE;

CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLASSIFICATION; DUST; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG TUMOR; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CARCINOGENS; CAUSALITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DUST; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUARTZ; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33748978207     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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