Silica and lung cancer [6]

Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 521-

  Erren, Thomas C ^a   Morfeld, Peter ^a   Glende, Christine B ^a   Piekarski, Claus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; SILICON DIOXIDE;

CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CRYSTAL; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SILICOSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; LUNG TUMOR; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK;

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

EID: 34250778997     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e31806466f6     Document Type: Letter

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