Organic dusts and respiratory cancer: A complex issue

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 717-

  Rushton, L ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LUNG CANCER; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC DUST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; DUST; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RESPIRATORY TRACT NEOPLASMS; RISK;

EID: 33750592738     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2006.028316     Document Type: Note

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