Effects of work related confounders on the association between silica exposure and lung cancer: A nested case-control study among Chinese miners and pottery workers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 320-326

  Chen, Weihong ^a   Bochmann, Frank ^b   Sun, Yi ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BG Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (of HVBG)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crystalline silica; Lung cancer; Nested case control study; Occupational confounder

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CARCINOGEN; COPPER; IRON; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; RADON; SILICON DIOXIDE; TIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMOKING;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ARSENIC; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERAMICS; CHINA; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; RADON DAUGHTERS; SILICON DIOXIDE; SMOKING;

EID: 33846504967     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-006-0137-0     Document Type: Article

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