Silica and lung cancer: When is enough evidence enough?

Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-24

  Stayner, Leslie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LUNG CARCINOMA; NOTE; OCCUPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 33845796091     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000249538.78415.58     Document Type: Note

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